ANDREW TURNER INVENTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
08743425 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-22
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£55.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
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
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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 (58/100).

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £55,926
Cash YoY
+1032%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£37k
↑ 1032% YoY
Net Worth
£56k
↑ 365% YoY
Current Assets
£82k
↑ 275% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£16k£33k£49k£65k£82kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£70.2k£14.1k
Current assets£81.7k£21.8k
Cash£36.7k£3.2k
Debtors£44.9k£18.5k
Net assets£55.9k£12.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2023-07-05
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  4. 2022-09-13
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2020-10-30
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  7. 2019-07-29
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  8. 2018-07-27
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  9. 2017-07-25
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  10. 2016-07-29
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  11. 2015-11-05
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  12. 2015-07-23
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  13. 2015-05-05
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    document-replacement · RP04
  14. 2015-03-30
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  15. 2014-12-17
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  16. 2014-04-10
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    TURNER, Jeanette appointed
    director
  17. 2013-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW TURNER INVENTIONS LTD
  18. 2013-10-22
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    TURNER, Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TURNER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Turner
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Jeanette Turner
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

43 Coniscliffe Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 7EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TURNER, Andrew→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-10-22
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Active
TURNER, Jeanette→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-04-10
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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-22