8 DEGREES SOUTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08235022 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-5.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,063

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£5k-£4k-£2k-£655£815£2kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-5.1k£-3.2k
Current assets£1.2k£2.3k
Net assets£-5.1k£-3.2k

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

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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-24
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-07-28
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  5. 2021-07-21
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  6. 2020-09-16
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  7. 2019-07-25
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  8. 2018-07-30
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  9. 2018-03-28
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  10. 2017-07-31
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  11. 2016-07-26
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  12. 2015-10-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-10-16
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2012-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As 8 DEGREES SOUTH LIMITED
  17. 2012-10-01
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    HAMPSON, Victoria appointed
    director
  18. 2012-10-01
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    VAUGHAN, Clifton John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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 Clifton John Vaughan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2012-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Taxassist Accountants 26-28 Molesey Road
Hersham
Walton-On-Thames
KT12 4RQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HAMPSON, Victoria→
director · ~55y · appointed 2012-10-01
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VAUGHAN, Clifton John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-10-01
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Recent filings (30 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
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accounts · AA
2025-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-02