991.COM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05854474 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-22
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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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-07-16
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-07-15
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  5. 2021-06-23
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  6. 2020-07-17
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  7. 2019-07-30
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  8. 2018-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-08-10
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  10. 2017-08-10
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  11. 2017-07-17
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  12. 2017-07-12
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  13. 2017-07-12
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  14. 2017-07-12
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  15. 2016-11-03
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  16. 2016-11-02
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  17. 2006-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 991.COM LIMITED
  18. 2006-06-22
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    CROYDON, Robert appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-06-22
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    CROYDON, Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2006-06-22
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    THOMAS, Cathryn appointed
    director
  21. 2006-06-22
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    THOMAS, Julian Harvey appointed
    director
  22. 2006-06-22
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    GRAEME, Paul Gordon appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-06-22
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    GRAEME, Paul Gordon resigned
    secretary
  24. 2006-06-22
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    director
  25. 2006-06-22
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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
Julian Harvey Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/06/2016
Mr Robert Croydon
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/06/2016

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
Incorporated2006-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Granary Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
Kent
ME16 9NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CROYDON, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-22
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Active
CROYDON, Robert→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-06-22
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Active
THOMAS, Cathryn→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Julian Harvey→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Paul Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-22 · resigned 2006-06-22
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-06-22 · resigned 2006-06-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2025-07-07
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2024-07-16
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2024-07-09
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accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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2023-06-22
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2022-07-15
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2022-06-27
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2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-30
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2019-07-08
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2018-07-18