25 HOUR CONVENIENCE STORE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07588238 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-01
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
47 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-10
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-01
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    LONGLEY, Eric Stuart appointed
    director
  8. 2021-12-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-12-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-11-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-11-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-11-03
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  13. 2020-01-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2019-02-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-01-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2011-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As 25 HOUR CONVENIENCE STORE LIMITED
  20. 2011-04-01
    ➕
    PATERNOSTER, Judith Sophie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2011-04-01
    ➕
    POWELL, Gary Armstrong appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 77 — succession pressure is live.

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 77 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.)

Group structure

Armstrong Music Too Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Armstrong Music Too Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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25 HOUR CONVENIENCE STORE LIMITED
This company · 07588238

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Armstrong Music Too Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares22/02/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gary Powellceased 22/01/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2011-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5th Floor 111 Charterhouse Street
London
EC1M 6AW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PATERNOSTER, Judith Sophie→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-01
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Active
LONGLEY, Eric Stuart→
director · ~77y · appointed 2021-12-01
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Active
POWELL, Gary Armstrong→
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-04-01
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Active

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-19