24 X 7 (INVESTMENT) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07077687 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-16
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2023
Net worth
£11.02M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.2y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £11,022,569
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£89k
Net Worth
£11m
Current Assets
£594k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.52M |
| Current assets | £593.6k |
| Cash | £88.7k |
| Debtors | £504.9k |
| Net assets | £11.02M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-10-18🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-11-27📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2018-11-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-04-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-03-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2018-03-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-03-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2010-01-18➕24 X 7 LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-12-15➕MAHONEY, Ashley Andrew appointeddirector
- 2009-11-16🏢Company incorporatedAs 24 X 7 (INVESTMENT) LIMITED
- 2009-11-16➕MAHONEY, Andrew Terrance appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 70 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 17 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ashley Andrew Mahoney Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew Terrance Mahoney Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 1 HOUR A WEEK LTD→ 13333096 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-11-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Little Easton Manor Park Road
Little Easton
Dunmow
Essex
CM6 2JN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
24 X 7 LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-01-18
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MAHONEY, Andrew Terrance→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2009-11-16
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MAHONEY, Ashley Andrew→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2009-12-15
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 18/10/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 30/03/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/03/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-13