888 CONSULT LTD

🌳Matureactive
06668698 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-08
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46160
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
67 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
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees0100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-04-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-04-23
    ➕
    COOTE, John appointed
    director
  4. 2026-04-23
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2026-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-23
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-04-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-04-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2023-04-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-03-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-28
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2019-08-01
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Michelle Gillian resigned
    secretary
  19. 2019-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-08-28
    ➖
    NICHOLLS, Helen resigned
    director
  21. 2012-05-01
    ➕
    NICHOLLS, Helen appointed
    director
  22. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Guy St John appointed
    director
  23. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Michelle Gillian appointed
    secretary
  24. 2009-01-06
    ➖
    NOMINEE SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2009-01-06
    ➖
    NOMINEE DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 2008-08-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 888 CONSULT LTD
  27. 2008-08-08
    ➕
    NOMINEE SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2008-08-08
    ➕
    NOMINEE DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

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 17 years.
  • 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 John Coote
Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/04/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Guy St John Taylorceased 23/04/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2008-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46160 — SIC 46160

Registered office

Kingsley House Elm Road
Ss9 1sn
Leigh-On-Sea
Essex
SS9 1SN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

COOTE, John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2026-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Guy St John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Michelle Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-06 · resigned 2019-08-01
Resigned
NOMINEE SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-08 · resigned 2009-01-06
Resigned
NICHOLLS, Helen→
director · ~47y · appointed 2012-05-01 · resigned 2015-08-28
Resigned
NOMINEE DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-08-08 · resigned 2009-01-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-26