1812 INVESTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05415503 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-06

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-06-06
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2024-05-21
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2023-04-21
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accounts · AA
2022-06-20
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accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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accounts · AA
2020-12-09
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accounts · AA
2019-09-24
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address · AD01
2019-09-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-09-24
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officers · CH01
2019-09-24
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officers · CH01
2019-09-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-08-02
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accounts · AA
2018-06-29
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accounts · AA
2018-06-26
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address · AD01
2018-01-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-01-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-01-02
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RAMUS, Isobel Bedford appointed
director
2015-05-01
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RAMUS, John Stephen appointed
director
2015-04-30
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BRASON, David John resigned
director
2015-03-31
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DALE HOUSE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-10-01
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DALE HOUSE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-09-30
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RAMUS, Isobel Bedford resigned
secretary
2008-09-30
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RAMUS, John Stephen resigned
director
2008-09-18
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BRASON, David John appointed
director
2005-04-06
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Company incorporated
As 1812 INVESTORS LIMITED
2005-04-06
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RAMUS, Isobel Bedford appointed
secretary
2005-04-06
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RAMUS, John Stephen appointed
director

Owner dependency

81/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Isobel Bedford Ramus Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	02/01/2017
Mr John Ramus Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-04-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

66 St Peters Avenue

Cleethorpes

Lincolnshire

DN35 8HP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

RAMUS, Isobel Bedford→

director · ~63y · appointed 2017-01-02

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Active

RAMUS, John Stephen→

director · ~71y · appointed 2015-05-01

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Active

RAMUS, Isobel Bedford→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-06 · resigned 2008-09-30

Resigned

DALE HOUSE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2015-03-31

Resigned

BRASON, David John→

director · ~76y · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2015-04-30

Resigned

RAMUS, John Stephen→

director · ~71y · appointed 2005-04-06 · resigned 2008-09-30

Resigned

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