18 DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06403523 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-18

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

£1.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised design activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,120

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,103 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

↓ 82% YoY

Current Assets

£12k

↓ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£12.6k	£12.0k
Current assets	£12.1k	£16.9k
Net assets	£1.1k	£6.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-07-28
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2022-07-25
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2018-05-24
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2016-07-26
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2007-10-18
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Company incorporated
As 18 DESIGN LIMITED
2007-10-18
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PITCHER, Deborah June appointed
secretary
2007-10-18
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PITCHER, Deborah June appointed
director
2007-10-18
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PITCHER, Stephen Martin appointed
director
2007-10-18
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JPCORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-10-18
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JPCORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-10-18
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JPCORD LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2007-10-18
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JPCORD LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Deborah Pitcher Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	16/10/2016

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

Incorporated2007-10-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

Holly House Wentworth Close

Long Ditton

Surbiton

Surrey

KT6 5DY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PITCHER, Deborah June→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-18

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Active

PITCHER, Deborah June→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-10-18

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Active

PITCHER, Stephen Martin→

director · ~69y · appointed 2007-10-18

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Active

JPCORS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-18 · resigned 2007-10-18

Resigned

JPCORD LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-10-18 · resigned 2007-10-18

Resigned

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