FACTA LIFE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07234087 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-26
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-26📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-04-26🏢Company incorporatedAs FACTA LIFE LIMITED
- 2010-04-26➕DOBBYN, Jonathan Simon appointedsecretary
- 2010-04-26➕DOBBYN, Jonathan Simon appointeddirector
- 2010-04-26➕LEVICK, Jonathan William Braidman appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- 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
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 |
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Mr Jonathan Simon Dobbyn Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Jonathan William Braidman Levick Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
7 Hartley Old Road
Purley
CR8 4HH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
DOBBYN, Jonathan Simon→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-04-26
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DOBBYN, Jonathan Simon→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-04-26
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LEVICK, Jonathan William Braidman→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2010-04-26
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Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-27