1921 LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09182061 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-19
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£60.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £60,657
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,931 YoY
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£41k
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£61k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£150k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £60.7k | £71.4k |
| Current assets | £149.6k | £154.0k |
| Cash | £40.8k | £35.5k |
| Debtors | £100.5k | £110.5k |
| Net assets | £60.7k | £63.6k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-04-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-06➕DEAKINS, Annie appointeddirector
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-08-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Allica Bank Limited
- 2024-04-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24➖BAILEY, Paul resigneddirector
- 2022-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-19🏢Company incorporatedAs 1921 LIMITED
- 2014-08-19➕DEAKINS, Zachary appointeddirector
- 2014-08-19➕BAILEY, Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Annie Deakins Individual · British · DOB 12/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/08/2025 |
Mr Zachary Deakins Individual · American · DOB 09/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 10TENTASTE LTD→ 16410744 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 127 TRADING LTD→ 11810195 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| 2 WELLS LTD→ 16252434 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 21 YOUNG HEARTS C.I.C.→ 13698918 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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| 69 YUMMY LIMITED→ 16897398 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| A & A EVENTS CATERING LTD→ 16745617 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A BEACON OF LIGHT CIC→ 15141763 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
19-21 Angel Hill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1UZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DEAKINS, Annie→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2025-08-06
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DEAKINS, Zachary→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2014-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAILEY, Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2014-08-19 · resigned 2023-04-24
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Allica Bank Allica Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (35 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31