21ST CENTURY BUSINESS LTD

🌳Matureactive

05437746 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-27

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

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100

~ YoY

Current Assets

£100

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£100	£100
Current assets	£100	£100
Net assets	£100	£100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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accounts · AA
2023-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-30
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-19
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-14
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annual-return · AR01
2005-06-01
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ALLMAN, Christopher Alan appointed
director
2005-04-27
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Company incorporated
As 21ST CENTURY BUSINESS LTD
2005-04-27
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ALLMAN, Christopher Alan appointed
secretary
2005-04-27
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ALLMAN, Jayne Elizabeth appointed
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jayne Elizabeth Allman Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Christopher Alan Allman Individual · British · DOB 03/1943 · age 83	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2005-04-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

14 Reedley Drive

Ellenbrook Worsley

Manchester

M28 7XR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-11

Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ALLMAN, Christopher Alan→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-27

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ALLMAN, Christopher Alan→

director · ~83y · appointed 2005-06-01

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ALLMAN, Jayne Elizabeth→

director · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-27

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