BOX 868 LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09816585 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-08
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 8.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£73.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
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 8.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
37 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £73,303
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£73k
↑ 56% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £73.3k | £70.0k |
| Current assets | £1.1k | £853 |
| Net assets | £73.3k | £46.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-11📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-12-24📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-04-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-12-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-12-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-10-08➕FREESTONE, Andrea Claire appointeddirector
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2015-10-08🏢Company incorporatedAs BOX 868 LIMITED
- 2015-10-08➕FLECK, James Alexander appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Rideau Associates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
Mfl Associates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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BOX 868 LIMITED
This company · 09816585
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rideau Associates Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/05/2022 |
Mfl Associates Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/05/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr James Alexander Fleckceased 31/05/2022· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
90-92 High Street
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 4EU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last: 2025-10-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FLECK, James Alexander→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2015-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FREESTONE, Andrea Claire→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2022-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/09/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (37 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-06
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-23