100% SUSPENSION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04963306 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45400
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2021-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-11-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2020-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-03-19
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    LEEDER, Diane Jane appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-03-19
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    LEEDER, Diane Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2007-03-19
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    THORNDYKE, Rachel Louise resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-03-19
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    THORNDYKE, Rachel Louise resigned
    director
  20. 2006-11-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2006-03-20
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    LEEDER, Catherine Beryl resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-03-20
    ➕
    THORNDYKE, Rachel Louise appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-03-20
    ➖
    LEEDER, Catherine Beryl resigned
    director
  24. 2006-03-20
    ➕
    THORNDYKE, Rachel Louise appointed
    director
  25. 2004-12-02
    ➕
    LEEDER, Catherine Beryl appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-12-02
    ➖
    WILSON, Karen Jane resigned
    secretary
  27. 2004-12-02
    ➕
    LEEDER, Catherine Beryl appointed
    director
  28. 2004-12-02
    ➖
    WILSON, Paul Jeffrey resigned
    director
  29. 2003-12-12
    ➕
    LEEDER, Colin Rae appointed
    director
  30. 2003-12-12
    ➕
    WILSON, Karen Jane appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-12-12
    ➕
    WILSON, Paul Jeffrey appointed
    director
  32. 2003-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 100% SUSPENSION LIMITED
  33. 2003-11-13
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    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-11-13
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    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2003-11-13
    ➕
    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2003-11-13
    ➖
    JPCORD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 22 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Rae Leeder
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400

Registered office

Mapus Smith & Lemmon
23 London Road
Downham Market
Norfolk
PE38 9BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

LEEDER, Diane Jane→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEEDER, Colin Rae→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEEDER, Diane Jane→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEEDER, Catherine Beryl→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-02 · resigned 2006-03-20
Resigned
THORNDYKE, Rachel Louise→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-20 · resigned 2007-03-19
Resigned
WILSON, Karen Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-12 · resigned 2004-12-02
Resigned
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-13 · resigned 2003-11-13
Resigned
LEEDER, Catherine Beryl→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-12-02 · resigned 2006-03-20
Resigned
THORNDYKE, Rachel Louise→
director · ~43y · appointed 2006-03-20 · resigned 2007-03-19
Resigned
WILSON, Paul Jeffrey→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-12-12 · resigned 2004-12-02
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-13 · resigned 2003-11-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property14/11/2006—
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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10