208 B2 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08622147 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-24

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 Jul 2024

Net worth

£291.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

69/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed trade-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (8 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

69/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £291,312

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£291k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£300k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Total assets	£291.3k	£291.2k
Current assets	£300.3k	£300.3k
Net assets	£291.3k	£291.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-10-01
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gazette · DISS40
2025-09-30
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gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
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address · AD01
2024-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2018-09-13
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-09-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2018-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-30
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officers · TM01
2017-11-20
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PARKES, Patricia Mary resigned
director
2017-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-01-28
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KENDRICK, Timothy Charles appointed
director
2014-01-28
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LAKING, Christine Audrey appointed
director
2014-01-28
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MANN, Brian Vincent appointed
director
2014-01-28
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MARRIOTT, Judith Anne appointed
director
2014-01-28
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SHONE, Anne Bridget appointed
director
2014-01-28
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SHONE, Kelvin appointed
director
2014-01-28
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STUBBINGS, Dean appointed
director
2014-01-28
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PARKES, Patricia Mary appointed
director
2013-07-24
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Company incorporated
As 208 B2 LIMITED
2013-07-24
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HOLTBY, Graeme Leslie 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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.

Red flags

1 high ·

Accounts overdue

high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

Group structure

Wellvend Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Wellvend Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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208 B2 LIMITED

This company · 08622147

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Wellvend Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/09/2018
Mr Graeme Leslie Holtby Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/09/2018

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

Incorporated2013-07-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Saddlers Old Hall Lane

Roxby

Scunthorpe

DN15 0BB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-07

Last: 2025-07-24