ACROSS THE POND - STUDY IN BRITAIN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08929704 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £-591.8k |
| Current assets | — | £364.3k |
| Cash | — | £77.2k |
| Debtors | — | £287.1k |
| Net assets | — | £-591.8k |
| Average employees | 800 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-07➕ACREMAN, Lauren Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2025-04-07➕MCGRATH, Simon Mark appointeddirector
- 2025-04-07➕THORELØKKEN, Anja Beate appointeddirector
- 2025-04-07➖BORHAUG, John resigneddirector
- 2025-04-07➖BORHAUG, John resigneddirector
- 2025-04-07➖LISCOMBE, Hannah resigneddirector
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2014-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ACROSS THE POND - STUDY IN BRITAIN LIMITED
- 2014-03-10➕BORHAUG, John appointeddirector
- 2014-03-10➕BORHAUG, John appointeddirector
- 2014-03-10➕LISCOMBE, Hannah appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Simon Mark Mcgrath Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 07/04/2025 |
Miss Anja Beate Thoreløkken Individual · British · DOB 08/1983 · age 43 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 07/04/2025 |
Mrs Lauren Elizabeth Acreman Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 07/04/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Borhaugceased 07/04/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest · firm interest
- Mrs Hannah Liscombeceased 07/04/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies
Registered office
1 Rookery House Grove Farm
Crookham Village
Fleet
Hampshire
GU51 5RX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
ACREMAN, Lauren Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2025-04-07
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MCGRATH, Simon Mark→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-04-07
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THORELØKKEN, Anja Beate→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BORHAUG, John→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2014-03-10 · resigned 2025-04-07
BORHAUG, John→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2014-03-10 · resigned 2025-04-07
LISCOMBE, Hannah→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2014-03-10 · resigned 2025-04-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 17/12/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-16