1905 INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06475621 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-17
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 2026
Net worth
£39.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35130
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 36000SIC 36000
  • 58110Book publishing
  • 70221Financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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, 4 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 (5 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
45 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £39,934
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,952 YoY
Cash YoY
+56%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↑ 56% YoY
Net Worth
£40k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£10k£19k£29k£38k£48kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£39.9k£47.9k
Current assets£33.1k£36.1k
Cash£10.3k£6.6k
Debtors£22.8k£29.5k
Net assets£39.9k£47.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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  2. 2025-06-02
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  3. 2024-06-24
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  4. 2023-09-01
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  5. 2022-12-13
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  6. 2021-11-16
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  7. 2020-09-22
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  8. 2019-11-06
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  9. 2018-12-11
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  10. 2017-11-13
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  11. 2016-11-04
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  12. 2016-02-06
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  13. 2015-12-22
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  14. 2015-02-10
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  15. 2011-04-24
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    DEADMAN, Max appointed
    director
  16. 2011-04-24
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    DEADMAN, Zoe appointed
    director
  17. 2011-01-14
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    DEADMAN, Wenda Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2008-01-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 1905 INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  19. 2008-01-17
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    DEADMAN, Wenda Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-01-17
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    DEADMAN, Clive Anthony George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Clive Anthony George Deadman
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Wenda Ann Deadman
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2008-01-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35130 — SIC 35130

Registered office

Cuddington House, Norley Road
Cuddington
Cheshire
CW8 2TB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

DEADMAN, Wenda Ann→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-17
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Active
DEADMAN, Clive Anthony George→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-01-17
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Active
DEADMAN, Max→
director · ~35y · appointed 2011-04-24
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Active
DEADMAN, Wenda Ann→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-01-14
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Active
DEADMAN, Zoe→
director · ~33y · appointed 2011-04-24
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Recent filings (45 total)

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2026-05-26
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2026-02-01
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2025-06-02
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2025-01-24
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2024-06-24
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2024-01-23
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2023-09-01
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2023-01-29
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2022-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
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2021-11-16
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2021-02-08
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2020-09-22
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2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-11-06