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04969814 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-11-19

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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Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

34 officers (7 active, 34 linked, 33 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (81 events)Click to expand

2025-07-30
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2024-08-30
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2024-03-20
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2023-11-08
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2023-01-03
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2021-08-05
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accounts · AA
2020-11-19
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accounts · AA
2020-11-16
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2020-11-01
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MALES, Jeanne appointed
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2020-10-13
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2020-10-01
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FRANKLIN, Jeffrey Edward appointed
director
2020-10-01
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HARRIS, Paul appointed
director
2020-09-30
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HART, Christopher Patrick resigned
director
2020-09-30
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KEMP, Sharon resigned
director
2020-09-30
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RUSTON, Steven resigned
director
2020-09-30
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SCOLLARD, Judith resigned
director
2020-09-30
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STEPHENS, Raymond Charles resigned
director
2020-08-20
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ODONAHUE, Lynne Carolyne appointed
director
2020-06-29
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SCOTT, Brian Arthur resigned
director
2020-04-17
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2020-04-17
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2020-04-15
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GRAEME, Paul Gordon appointed
director
2020-01-01
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RUSTON, Steven appointed
director
2019-11-19
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ANDREWS, Frank Wilton George resigned
director
2019-11-19
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GRAEME, Paul Gordon resigned
director
2019-11-19
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SCOTT, Brian Arthur resigned
director
2018-09-01
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KEMP, Sharon appointed
director
2018-08-31
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DALE, Andrew resigned
director
2017-10-12
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SNELLER, Jeffrey O'Donnell resigned
director
2017-10-12
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STEPHENS, Ray resigned
director
2017-03-31
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TRIM, Christopher Linton resigned
director
2016-05-31
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CHESTERFIELD, Robert Raymond resigned
director
2016-04-01
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HART, Christopher Patrick appointed
director
2016-04-01
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STEPHENS, Raymond Charles appointed
director
2016-04-01
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TRIM, Christopher Linton appointed
director
2016-01-01
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SCOLLARD, Judith appointed
director
2015-02-12
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STEPHENS, Ray appointed
director
2014-01-31
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WYMAN, James resigned
director
2013-08-01
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ANDREWS, Frank Wilton George appointed
director
2013-07-31
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ROOK, Roger resigned
director
2012-01-01
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DALE, Andrew appointed
director
2011-08-30
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MOIR, John Pirie resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2003-11-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

19-21 Cattle Market

Sandwich

Kent

CT13 9AP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-27

Last: 2025-10-13