CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05732678 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-07
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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  3. 2023-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-15
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-06-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-26
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-08-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2017-06-30
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  15. 2017-06-26
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  16. 2017-06-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2006-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE LIMITED
  18. 2006-03-07
    ➕
    HOLLILAND, Rosina Catherine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-03-07
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    HOLLILAND, Mark Geoffrey appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-07
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    HOLLILAND, Rosina Catherine 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Geoffrey Holliland
Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rosina Catherine Holliland
Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

97 Penrhyn Beach West
Penrhyn Bay
Llandudno
Conwy
LL30 3RA
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-28
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HOLLILAND, Rosina Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-07
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Active
HOLLILAND, Mark Geoffrey→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-03-07
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HOLLILAND, Rosina Catherine→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-03-07
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Recent filings (53 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-30