INSIGHT BEST PRACTICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07218671 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-09
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£13.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
43 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £13,155
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,021 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£13k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↓ 63% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£40kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£14.3k£29.3k
Current assets£14.9k£39.6k
Net assets£13.2k£28.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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  2. 2025-01-09
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  3. 2024-01-31
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  4. 2023-05-10
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  5. 2023-05-10
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  6. 2023-01-13
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  7. 2022-01-24
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  8. 2021-01-29
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  9. 2020-01-31
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  10. 2019-01-29
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  11. 2018-01-26
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  12. 2017-01-30
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  13. 2010-04-09
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    Company incorporated
    As INSIGHT BEST PRACTICE LIMITED
  14. 2010-04-09
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    ABBOTT, David Ian appointed
    director
  15. 2010-04-09
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    ABBOTT, Jill Annette appointed
    director
  16. 2010-04-09
    ➕
    ROUND, Jonathon Charles appointed
    director
  17. 2010-04-09
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    ROUND, Jonathon Charles resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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

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
Mrs Jill Annette Abbott
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/04/2016
Mr David Ian Abbott
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

The Ridge
24 New Close Road
Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD18 4AU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ABBOTT, David Ian→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-04-09
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Active
ABBOTT, Jill Annette→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROUND, Jonathon Charles→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-04-09 · resigned 2010-04-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-04
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accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-24