I-SEARCH SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06449411 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-10
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
£12.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other credit granting n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
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 (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, 2 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
57 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 £12,293
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,104 YoY
Cash YoY
+2527%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↑ 2527% YoY
Net Worth
£12k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↑ 74% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£13k£20k£27k£33kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£12.3k£18.4k
Current assets£33.4k£19.2k
Cash£18.4k£699
Debtors£15.0k£18.5k
Net assets£12.3k£18.4k

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

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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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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-24
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  3. 2023-12-20
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  4. 2022-12-09
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  5. 2021-12-31
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  6. 2021-02-12
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  7. 2019-12-30
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  8. 2018-12-21
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  9. 2017-12-31
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  10. 2016-12-29
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  11. 2015-12-30
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  12. 2015-12-17
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  13. 2015-01-31
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  14. 2014-12-30
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  15. 2014-05-20
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  16. 2014-05-14
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    HONES, Steven Charles Bradley resigned
    director
  17. 2011-06-23
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    ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATION LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2009-03-19
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    AVIS, Linda appointed
    director
  19. 2007-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As I-SEARCH SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2007-12-10
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    AVIS, Charles Dionysius appointed
    director
  21. 2007-12-10
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    CHRISTY, Morisha Kim appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-12-10
    ➖
    CHRISTY, Morisha Kim resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-12-10
    ➕
    ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATION LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-12-10
    ➕
    HONES, Steven Charles Bradley appointed
    director
  25. 2007-12-10
    ➕
    MOORE, Gemma appointed
    director
  26. 2007-12-10
    ➖
    MOORE, Gemma resigned
    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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Dionysius Avis
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64929 — Other credit granting n.e.c.

Registered office

Lloyds Bank Chambers
Hustlergate
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 1UQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

AVIS, Charles Dionysius→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AVIS, Linda→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHRISTY, Morisha Kim→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-10 · resigned 2007-12-10
Resigned
ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATION LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-10 · resigned 2011-06-23
Resigned
HONES, Steven Charles Bradley→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-12-10 · resigned 2014-05-14
Resigned
MOORE, Gemma→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-12-10 · resigned 2007-12-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2026-02-08
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2025-12-23
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2024-12-29
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2024-12-24
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accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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2023-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
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accounts · AA
2022-12-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
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accounts · AA
2021-02-12
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2021-02-08
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2019-12-30
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2019-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
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