14CP LTD

🌳Matureactive
07622820 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-05
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
£1.16M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Data processing, hosting and related activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
32 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 £1,160,062

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£232k£464k£696k£928k£1.2mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.47M£1.43M
Debtors£68£55
Net assets£1.16M£1.13M

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 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
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-29
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  3. 2024-01-31
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  4. 2023-03-28
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  5. 2022-03-03
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  6. 2021-01-29
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  7. 2020-09-01
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  8. 2020-01-29
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  9. 2019-01-18
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  10. 2018-01-30
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  11. 2017-01-20
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  12. 2016-05-06
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  13. 2016-01-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-07-04
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  15. 2015-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As 14CP LTD
  17. 2011-05-05
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    TAYLOR, Lucy appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-05-05
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    HUGH-JONES, Christopher Eryl appointed
    director
  19. 2011-05-05
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    TAYLOR, Lucy 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 72 — 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 72 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

The Fingerpost Co Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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The Fingerpost Co Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
⬇
14CP LTD
This company · 07622820

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Lucy Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Christopher Eryl Hugh-Jones
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
The Fingerpost Co Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63110 — Data processing, hosting and related activities

Registered office

11 Northington Street
London
WC1N 2JF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, Lucy→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGH-JONES, Christopher Eryl→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-05-05
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Active
TAYLOR, Lucy→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-29