138A FLEET LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06327979 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-30
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 Jul 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
61 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-08-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-08-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-08-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2012-11-30
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    VALENTE, Marlisa resigned
    secretary
  18. 2011-07-30
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    TOPER, Stuart appointed
    director
  19. 2009-08-12
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    THOMPSON, James resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-08-12
    ➕
    VALENTE, Marlisa appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-08-12
    ➖
    HART, Matthew John resigned
    director
  22. 2009-08-12
    ➖
    THOMPSON, James resigned
    director
  23. 2008-03-10
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    HART, Matthew John resigned
    secretary
  24. 2008-03-10
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    THOMPSON, James appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As 138A FLEET LIMITED
  26. 2007-07-30
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    SWEIRY, Sarah Dinah appointed
    director
  27. 2007-07-30
    ➕
    HART, Matthew John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-07-30
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    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2007-07-30
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    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2007-07-30
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    HART, Matthew John appointed
    director
  31. 2007-07-30
    ➕
    THOMPSON, James appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Natasha Sharma
Individual · British · DOB 07/2001 · age 25
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control04/08/2023
Ms Sarah Dinah Sweiry
Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Toper
Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Lauren Margaret Shalsonceased 04/08/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2007-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Abbatt Group Swan House
37-39 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

SWEIRY, Sarah Dinah→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOPER, Stuart→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Matthew John→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2008-03-10
Resigned
THOMPSON, James→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-10 · resigned 2009-08-12
Resigned
VALENTE, Marlisa→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-12 · resigned 2012-11-30
Resigned
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2007-07-30
Resigned
HART, Matthew John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2009-08-12
Resigned
THOMPSON, James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2009-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-27