512 (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06611226 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-04
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
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
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 96-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 96). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
49 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
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-09-06
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2022-09-02
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2019-09-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-06-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-06-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2016-05-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2008-11-24
    BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda appointed
    secretary
  16. 2008-11-24
    BARBER, John Douglas appointed
    director
  17. 2008-11-24
    BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda appointed
    director
  18. 2008-11-24
    FULCHER, Lauren Ruth resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-11-24
    DYSON, Roger Kenneth resigned
    director
  20. 2008-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As 512 (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED
  21. 2008-06-04
    FULCHER, Lauren Ruth appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-06-04
    DYSON, Roger Kenneth 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 96 — 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 96 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 17 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Amanda Barber-Atkinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
75100%
75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Deer Park Annex Long Causeway
Great Thirkleby
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 2AS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda
secretary · appointed 2008-11-24
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Active
BARBER, John Douglas
director · ~96y · appointed 2008-11-24
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Active
BARBER-ATKINSON, Elizabeth Amanda
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-11-24
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Active
FULCHER, Lauren Ruth
secretary · appointed 2008-06-04 · resigned 2008-11-24
Resigned
DYSON, Roger Kenneth
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-06-04 · resigned 2008-11-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-14