7 STEP SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09824630 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£1.38M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,384,801
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.2m
Net Worth
£1.4m
Current Assets
£1.6m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.38M |
| Current assets | £1.58M |
| Cash | £1.16M |
| Debtors | £415.0k |
| Net assets | £1.38M |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-10-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-11➕ATKINSON, Nicholas Adrian Alexander De Vere appointeddirector
- 2015-10-14🏢Company incorporatedAs 7 STEP SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2015-10-14➕WHITEHOUSE, Peter John 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Nicholas Adrian Alexander De Vere Atkinson Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Peter John Whitehouse Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 390 OLD LONDON ROAD ORE LIMITED→ 06524523 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
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| 7B CONSULTING LIMITED→ 11678854 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| 8 ARC LTD→ 16739067 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8BRIDGES CONSULTING LTD.→ 11772504 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| 96 PERCENT LTD→ 15417274 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A & A MEDICS LTD→ 13631307 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| A BAJRANGEE LIMITED→ 12004185 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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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
Incorporated2015-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
C/O Hillier Hopkins Llp First Floor, Radius House
51 Clarendon Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 1HP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ATKINSON, Nicholas Adrian Alexander De Vere→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2016-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITEHOUSE, Peter John→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2015-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (30 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-10-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-08