PUT4DOUGH LTD

🌳Matureactive
07542929 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-25
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32300
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
33 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 accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29

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
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-01-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-31
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    PARTINGTON, Nathan Michael appointed
    director
  10. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-02-25
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    Company incorporated
    As PUT4DOUGH LTD
  18. 2011-02-25
    ➕
    GEORGE, Robert Christopher appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-02-25
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    GEORGE, Robert Christopher appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-25
    ➕
    VICKERS, Mark Richard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Richard Vickers
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2011-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32300 — SIC 32300

Registered office

1st Floor, Sanderson House,
Salter Street
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 1NT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

GEORGE, Robert Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-25
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GEORGE, Robert Christopher→
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-02-25
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PARTINGTON, Nathan Michael→
director · ~40y · appointed 2021-03-31
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VICKERS, Mark Richard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-02-25
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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-08