ASSIST PROTECT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07184256 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£37.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £37,082

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£37k
↑ 128% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£22k£33k£44k£54kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£37.1k£16.2k
Current assets£54.4k£43.5k
Net assets£37.1k£16.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-10-25
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  3. 2023-11-22
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  4. 2022-11-08
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  5. 2021-10-20
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  6. 2021-06-13
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  7. 2020-12-21
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  8. 2019-12-20
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  9. 2018-12-21
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  10. 2017-12-21
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  11. 2016-12-20
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  12. 2016-03-11
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  13. 2015-12-23
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  14. 2015-03-10
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  15. 2015-01-28
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  16. 2015-01-10
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    DEAKIN, Robert Lawson appointed
    director
  17. 2012-06-01
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    DEAKIN, Robert Lawson resigned
    director
  18. 2010-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ASSIST PROTECT LIMITED
  19. 2010-03-10
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    WILLIAMS, Richard Edward appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-03-10
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    WILLIAMS, Richard Edward appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-10
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    DEAKIN, Robert Lawson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Edward Williams
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest29/04/2016
Mr Robert Lawson Deakin
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest26/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Main Street
Repton
Derby
DE65 6EZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Richard Edward→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-10
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Active
DEAKIN, Robert Lawson→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-01-10
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Active
WILLIAMS, Richard Edward→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-03-10
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Active
DEAKIN, Robert Lawson→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-03-10 · resigned 2012-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
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2025-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
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accounts · AA
2024-10-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
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capital · SH02
2021-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20