A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06384353 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-28
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£37
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £37
Net assets shrinking
Down £121 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£37
↓ 77% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£4k£5k£7k£9kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Total assets£37£158
Current assets£7.8k£9.0k
Net assets£37£158

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-03-18
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    DOCHERTY, Joanne Michelle appointed
    director
  4. 2024-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-12
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  6. 2022-12-29
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  7. 2022-12-15
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    WADE, Jacqueline Ann resigned
    director
  8. 2022-12-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-12-15
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  10. 2021-01-28
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  11. 2019-12-30
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  12. 2018-12-17
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  13. 2018-12-06
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-12-04
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    WADE, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    director
  15. 2017-12-24
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  16. 2016-11-02
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  17. 2015-12-03
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  18. 2015-10-09
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  19. 2007-09-28
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    Company incorporated
    As A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA LIMITED
  20. 2007-09-28
    ➕
    BARRACLOUGH, Christine Anne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-09-28
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    BARRACLOUGH, Christine Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2007-09-28
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    GARLAND, Joy Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Joy Elizabeth Garland
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Christine Anne Barraclough
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
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
Incorporated2007-09-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Apartment 3, Headingley Castle
Headingley Lane
Leeds
LS6 2DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

BARRACLOUGH, Christine Anne→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-28
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Active
BARRACLOUGH, Christine Anne→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-09-28
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Active
DOCHERTY, Joanne Michelle→
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-03-18
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Active
GARLAND, Joy Elizabeth→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-09-28
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Active
WADE, Jacqueline Ann→
director · ~71y · appointed 2018-12-04 · resigned 2022-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-30