2FROM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05976711 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-24
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£6.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,508

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 135% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 377% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£3k£4k£5k£7kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£6.5k£2.8k
Current assets£5.1k£1.1k
Net assets£6.5k£2.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-06-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-02-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-10-24
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    Company incorporated
    As 2FROM LIMITED
  17. 2006-10-24
    ➕
    ELLIOTT MARR, Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-24
    ➕
    ELLIOTT MARR, Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-24
    ➕
    MARR, John Herbert, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-24
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-10-24
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-10-24
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-10-24
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Dr John Herbert Marr
Individual · British · DOB 12/1942 · age 84
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Ann Elliott-Marr
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
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
Incorporated2006-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

1 Armstrong Close
Hundon
Sudbury
CO10 8HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ELLIOTT MARR, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-24
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Active
ELLIOTT MARR, Ann→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-10-24
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Active
MARR, John Herbert, Dr→
director · ~84y · appointed 2006-10-24
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2006-10-24
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2006-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05