86 LARKHALL RISE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05400978 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £3

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£3
~ YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↓ 5.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£8k£13k£17k£21kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£24.0k£24.0k
Current assets£19.6k£20.9k
Net assets£3£3

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-08
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  2. 2024-09-14
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  3. 2023-09-23
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  4. 2022-05-09
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  5. 2021-12-20
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  6. 2020-12-18
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  7. 2019-12-20
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  8. 2018-12-24
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  9. 2017-12-17
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  10. 2016-12-17
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  11. 2016-04-12
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  12. 2015-12-19
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  13. 2015-04-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-12-27
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  15. 2014-04-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-05-31
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    PARLE, Daniel appointed
    director
  17. 2013-05-29
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    COBB, Jessica Rose resigned
    director
  18. 2007-10-30
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    DREW, Jonathan resigned
    director
  19. 2007-10-05
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    COBB, Jessica Rose appointed
    director
  20. 2005-03-29
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    BOLWELL, Paul appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-03-29
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    ASHWORTH, Simon appointed
    director
  22. 2005-03-29
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    BOLWELL, Paul appointed
    director
  23. 2005-03-29
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    DREW, Jonathan appointed
    director
  24. 2005-03-23
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  25. 2005-03-23
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  26. 2005-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 86 LARKHALL RISE LIMITED
  27. 2005-03-22
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2005-03-22
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Gerard Bolwell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Simon Ashworth
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Daniel Parle
Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Dalriarda Croes-Y-Llan
Llangoedmor
Cardigan
Dyfed
SA43 2LG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BOLWELL, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHWORTH, Simon→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOLWELL, Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARLE, Daniel→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-22 · resigned 2005-03-23
Resigned
COBB, Jessica Rose→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-10-05 · resigned 2013-05-29
Resigned
DREW, Jonathan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2007-10-30
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-22 · resigned 2005-03-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-02