BREAKTHROUGH BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08180952 · ltd · incorporated 2012-08-15
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
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees200200

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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-08-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As BREAKTHROUGH BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY LIMITED
  17. 2012-08-15
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    HANCOCKS, Elizabeth Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2012-08-15
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    HANCOCKS, Matthew James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 63. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Jane Hancocks
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Dr Matthew James Hancocks
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Uldale Farm
Ravenstonedale
Kirkby Stephen
CA17 4LN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HANCOCKS, Elizabeth Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-08-15
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HANCOCKS, Matthew James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-08-15
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-22