10ABILITY LTD

🌳Matureactive
07548393 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-02
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
£55.5k
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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
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
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £55,519
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,096 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£56k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£78k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£23k£45k£68k£91k£113kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£56.3k£85.4k
Current assets£78.1k£113.4k
Net assets£55.5k£84.6k

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
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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  2. 2026-02-27
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  4. 2026-02-27
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  5. 2026-02-27
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  6. 2025-12-09
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  7. 2024-12-18
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  8. 2023-12-07
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  9. 2022-07-25
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  10. 2021-09-15
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  11. 2020-12-21
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  12. 2019-12-19
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  13. 2018-12-19
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  14. 2018-03-07
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  15. 2018-03-07
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  16. 2018-01-04
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  17. 2012-03-29
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    STREETS, Diane appointed
    director
  18. 2011-05-29
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    STREET, Diane appointed
    director
  19. 2011-05-29
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    STREET, Diane resigned
    director
  20. 2011-03-02
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    Company incorporated
    As 10ABILITY LTD
  21. 2011-03-02
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    STREETS, John Geoffrey 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 69 — 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 69. 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 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
Mr John Geoffrey Streets
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Diane Streets
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
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
Incorporated2011-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Aldcroft House, 5 Croft Close
Menston
Ilkley
West Yorkshire
LS29 6LZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

STREETS, Diane→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-03-29
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Active
STREETS, John Geoffrey→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STREET, Diane→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-05-29 · resigned 2011-05-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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2026-02-27
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officers · CH01
2026-02-27
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officers · CH01
2026-02-27
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address · AD01
2026-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
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accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
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accounts · AA
2022-07-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15