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05811554 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-05-09

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£5.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

47 officers (8 active, 47 linked, 39 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

151 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £5,724

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£15k

Net Worth

£6k

Current Assets

£40k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31
Total assets	£5.7k
Current assets	£40.0k
Cash	£14.9k
Debtors	£25.1k
Net assets	£5.7k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (108 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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accounts · AA
2026-02-02
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officers · AP01
2026-01-27
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HOLT, Sean appointed
director
2025-11-14
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officers · TM01
2025-11-14
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officers · AP01
2025-11-12
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ATTARD, Anthony John William appointed
director
2025-11-12
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HINDLE, Jonathan resigned
director
2025-10-27
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accounts · AA01
2025-09-09
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officers · CH01
2025-02-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-31
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HOLT, Sean resigned
director
2024-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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ALEXANDER, Jessica Louise appointed
secretary
2024-09-18
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CLARKE, Catherine Lesley appointed
director
2024-09-18
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ZEB-KHAN, Adnan resigned
director
2024-09-18
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officers · AP01
2024-09-18
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officers · AP03
2024-09-18
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officers · TM01
2024-01-17
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officers · AP01
2024-01-15
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HARGREAVES, Tristine appointed
director
2023-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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officers · AP01
2023-08-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-21
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HOLT, Sean appointed
director
2023-08-21
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STEIN, Jeremy Cumming resigned
director
2023-08-18
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SPADEMAN, Philip appointed
director
2023-08-18
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officers · AP01
2023-07-31
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ZEB-KHAN, Adnan appointed
director
2023-07-31
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officers · AP01
2023-05-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-27
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HOLT, Sean resigned
director
2023-03-06
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officers · AP01
2023-03-01
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AHERN, Brian Joseph appointed
director
2022-12-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-12
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WADE, Lee resigned
director
2022-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
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GARRATT, Nicholas Mark resigned
director
2022-04-06
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HOLT, Sean appointed
director
2020-09-01
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WADE, Lee appointed
director
2020-06-17
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REYNOLDS, Philip James resigned
director
2020-04-17
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RADCLIFFE-HART, Suzanna Maria resigned
secretary
2018-12-04
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GARRATT, Nicholas Mark appointed
director
2018-12-03
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BAZELEY, Jacqueline Ann resigned
director
2018-10-05
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GIBBS, Philip Norman Charles resigned
director
2018-05-01
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RADCLIFFE-HART, Suzanna Maria appointed
secretary
2018-03-31
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BEELE, Peter Michael, Dr resigned
secretary
2016-03-31
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HINDLE, Jonathan appointed
director
2016-03-31
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VON DER HEYDE, Paul Heinrich Sigimund resigned
director
2015-07-01
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STEIN, Jeremy Cumming appointed
director
2015-06-30
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WATSON, Colin Clark resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2006-05-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

High Corn Mill

Chapel Hill

Skipton

North Yorkshire

BD23 1NL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-23

Last: 2026-05-09