2000 TEST EQUIPMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07742382 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-16
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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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Current Liabilities
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£0£10k£19k£29k£39k£48kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets—£19.8k
Current assets—£48.1k
Net assets—£32.4k
Average employees500—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2019-08-20
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  10. 2019-08-20
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  11. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-02-28
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    BOTHWELL, Andrew appointed
    director
  17. 2011-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 2000 TEST EQUIPMENT LIMITED
  18. 2011-08-16
    ➕
    POMFREY ACCOUNTANTS LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2011-08-16
    ➕
    BOTHWELL, Susan appointed
    director
  20. 2011-08-16
    ➕
    BOTHWELL, Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2011-08-16
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    BOTHWELL, Andrew resigned
    director
  22. 2011-08-16
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    SHAH, Ela appointed
    director
  23. 2011-08-16
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    SHAH, Ela resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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.
  • 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
Mrs Susan Bothwell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
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
Incorporated2011-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

33a Gatling Road
London
SE2 0RE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

POMFREY ACCOUNTANTS LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-08-16
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Active
BOTHWELL, Andrew→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-02-28
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Active
BOTHWELL, Susan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOTHWELL, Andrew→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-08-16 · resigned 2011-08-16
Resigned
SHAH, Ela→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-08-16 · resigned 2011-08-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2019-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-20