1 STOP INSTRUCTION (NORTH LONDON) LTD

🌳Matureactive
08309992 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-27
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
34 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-03
    JOHAL, Papu Singh appointed
    director
  7. 2023-01-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-09-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-07-19
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-07-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-11-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1 STOP INSTRUCTION (NORTH LONDON) LTD
  19. 2012-11-27
    JOHAL-CLARKE, Cavell appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 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 66. 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 13 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
Mr Cavell Johal-Clarke
Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

18 Regent Gardens
Seven Kings
Ilford
Essex
IG3 8UL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JOHAL, Papu Singh
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-01-03
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Active
JOHAL-CLARKE, Cavell
director · ~40y · appointed 2012-11-27
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Active

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Recent filings (34 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-19