TASK GROUP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06667050 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-07
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
50 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-26📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-10-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-09📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-11-02📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-09-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2008-08-07🏢Company incorporatedAs TASK GROUP LIMITED
- 2008-08-07➕DALTREY, Anthony Leonard appointeddirector
- 2008-08-07➕KARAVIAS, Costas appointeddirector
- 2008-08-07➕FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-08-07➖FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-08-07➕FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2008-08-07➖FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 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 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Task Systems Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Task Systems Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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TASK GROUP LIMITED
This company · 06667050
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Task Systems Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Costas Karaviasceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares
- Mr Anthony Leonard Daltryceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
85 Great Eastern Street
London
EC2A 3HY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
DALTREY, Anthony Leonard→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2008-08-07
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KARAVIAS, Costas→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2008-08-07
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FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-07 · resigned 2008-08-07
FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2008-08-07 · resigned 2008-08-07
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Recent filings (50 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-10-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-11-02