2106 LTD
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-5.2k | £1.6k |
| Current assets | £18.7k | £36.7k |
| Net assets | £-6.5k | £319 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-11-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-11-06➕CHILVERS, Amanda Anne appointeddirector
- 2017-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-01-22🏢Company incorporatedAs 2106 LTD
- 2010-01-22➕CHILVERS, Paul Carlton appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Carlton Chilvers Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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