28 DEGREES NORTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07475082 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£166.8k
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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £166,786
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,443 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£167k
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£34k£69k£103k£138k£172kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£295.4k£295.4k
Net assets£166.8k£172.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-20
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  3. 2025-09-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-05
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2023-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-12
    ➕
    ADREM ACCOUNTING LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2021-01-12
    ➖
    WINCHAM ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  12. 2021-01-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2021-01-12
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  14. 2020-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-12-21
    ➖
    COMPANIES 4 U SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2011-12-21
    ➕
    WINCHAM ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2011-01-28
    ➕
    FEREDAY, Heather appointed
    director
  21. 2011-01-28
    ➕
    FEREDAY, Michael George appointed
    director
  22. 2011-01-28
    ➕
    FEREDAY, Heather appointed
    director
  23. 2011-01-28
    ➖
    FEREDAY, Heather resigned
    director
  24. 2011-01-28
    ➖
    ROACH, Malcolm David resigned
    director
  25. 2010-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 28 DEGREES NORTH LIMITED
  26. 2010-12-21
    ➕
    COMPANIES 4 U SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2010-12-21
    ➕
    ROACH, Malcolm David appointed
    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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Heather Fereday
Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Michael George Fereday
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

1-2 Albert Chambers Canal Street
Congleton
CW12 4AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ADREM ACCOUNTING LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2021-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FEREDAY, Heather→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FEREDAY, Michael George→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMPANIES 4 U SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-12-21 · resigned 2011-12-21
Resigned
WINCHAM ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-12-21 · resigned 2021-01-12
Resigned
FEREDAY, Heather→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-01-28 · resigned 2011-01-28
Resigned
ROACH, Malcolm David→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-12-21 · resigned 2011-01-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-25