ASSENDA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09677401 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-08
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 3.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.8y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-10-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  8. 2021-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-01-23
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-01-22
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-14
    ➖
    BLACK, Marion resigned
    director
  18. 2015-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ASSENDA LIMITED
  19. 2015-07-08
    ➕
    HALPERN, Joshua appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-08
    ➕
    HALPERN, Samuel appointed
    director
  21. 2015-07-08
    ➕
    BLACK, Marion appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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 Samuel Halpern
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Joshua Halpern
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
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
Incorporated2015-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

1st Floor Cloister House
New Bailey Street
Salford
M3 5FS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HALPERN, Joshua→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-07-08
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Active
HALPERN, Samuel→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-07-08
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Active
BLACK, Marion→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-07-08 · resigned 2015-07-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge3 properties04/10/2022—
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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31