EVOLUTION INSURANCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06092127 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-09
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £434,935

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Profit before tax£434.9k£442.2k
Average employees121200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-02-21
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    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-02-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-02-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2018-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As EVOLUTION INSURANCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  18. 2007-02-09
    BIDWELL, Sarah Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-02-09
    BIDWELL, William Timothy John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 19 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Timothy John Bidwell
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Patrick Anthony Tilleyceased 29/08/2025· significant influence
  • Mr Kenneth John Acottceased 06/09/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2007-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

53a High Street
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BIDWELL, Sarah Anne
secretary · appointed 2007-02-09
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Active
BIDWELL, William Timothy John
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-02-09
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Active

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-15