2 FISHERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04850064 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-29
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-63.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £63,019

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£63k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£63k-£49k-£36k-£22k-£8k£5kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-63.0k£5.5k
Current assets£4.6k£5.5k
Net assets£-63.0k£-58.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-10
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  2. 2024-08-25
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  3. 2023-08-06
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  4. 2022-08-14
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  5. 2021-07-04
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  6. 2020-07-09
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  7. 2019-07-11
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  8. 2018-08-21
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  9. 2018-06-11
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  10. 2017-08-31
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  11. 2016-08-30
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  12. 2015-08-27
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  13. 2015-07-29
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  14. 2014-08-31
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  15. 2014-08-19
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  16. 2003-07-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 2 FISHERS LIMITED
  17. 2003-07-29
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    FISHER, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-07-29
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    FISHER, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  19. 2003-07-29
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    FISHER, Gillian appointed
    director
  20. 2003-07-29
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    ALLCHIN, Josephine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-07-29
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    ALLCHIN, Josephine resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-07-29
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    CARA, Helen Bina appointed
    director
  23. 2003-07-29
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    CARA, Helen Bina resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FISHER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gillian Fisher
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/07/2016
Mr Geoffrey Fisher
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

2 Shaws Hill
Whatstandwell
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 5EP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FISHER, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-29
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Active
FISHER, Geoffrey→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-07-29
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Active
FISHER, Gillian→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-07-29
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Active
ALLCHIN, Josephine→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2003-07-29
Resigned
CARA, Helen Bina→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2003-07-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-07-14
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2024-08-25
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2024-07-20
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2023-08-06
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2023-07-13
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2022-08-14
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2022-07-17
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2021-07-19
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accounts · AA
2021-07-04
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2020-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-09
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2019-07-17
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2019-07-11
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2018-08-21