22CANS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07955622 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees2200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-04-20
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-04-20
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-01-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2021-01-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Sugar Cap LTD
  15. 2020-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-10-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-11-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-11-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2016-09-28
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    2020 SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2015-04-30
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    RANCE, Timothy Edmund resigned
    director
  22. 2013-01-28
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    2020 SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2012-11-01
    ➕
    RANCE, Timothy Edmund appointed
    director
  24. 2012-04-15
    ➕
    MOLYNEUX, Peter Douglas appointed
    director
  25. 2012-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 22CANS LTD
  26. 2012-02-20
    ➕
    MAVRIKAKIS, Dimitri Benjamin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 14 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Douglas Molyneux
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Christopher Morrell Murphyceased 27/07/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2012-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62011 — Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development

Registered office

1 Huxley Road
Surrey Research Park
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7RE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MAVRIKAKIS, Dimitri Benjamin→
director · ~39y · appointed 2012-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOLYNEUX, Peter Douglas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
2020 SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-01-28 · resigned 2016-09-28
Resigned
RANCE, Timothy Edmund→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-11-01 · resigned 2015-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Sugar Cap
Sugar Cap LTD
A registered charge1 property15/01/2021—
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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-21