7PUZZLE LTD

🌳Matureactive
05188403 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-23
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
62 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.

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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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  2. 2026-04-07
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  4. 2026-04-07
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    address · AD01
  5. 2025-04-10
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-13
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-12
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  11. 2020-04-28
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  12. 2019-04-25
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  13. 2018-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-02
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  15. 2016-04-05
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-07-23
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    GODDING, Joanne Penelope appointed
    director
  17. 2012-07-10
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    MORGAN, Louise resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-10-01
    ➕
    MORGAN, Louise appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-08-14
    ➖
    MAY, Tracey Sandra resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-08-05
    ➕
    GODDING, Paul Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2004-08-05
    ➕
    MAY, Tracey Sandra appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 7PUZZLE LTD
  23. 2004-07-23
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-07-23
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-07-23
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2004-07-23
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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 22 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 Paul Godding
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence23/07/2016

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
Incorporated2004-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

4 Canalside
Brecon
LD3 7FD
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GODDING, Joanne Penelope→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GODDING, Paul Michael→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAY, Tracey Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-05 · resigned 2006-08-14
Resigned
MORGAN, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2012-07-10
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-23 · resigned 2004-07-23
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-23 · resigned 2004-07-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-12