5 STONE BUILDINGS SEMINARS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09875160 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2015-11-17
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.
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of conference organisers
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
    ➕
    COOTE, Daniel Richard appointed
    director
  2. 2026-04-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-03-05
    ➖
    RICH, Ann Barbara resigned
    director
  5. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 5 STONE BUILDINGS SEMINARS LTD
  17. 2015-11-17
    ➕
    JENNINGS, Paul Timothy appointed
    director
  18. 2015-11-17
    ➕
    RICH, Ann Barbara appointed
    director
  19. 2015-11-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2015-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82302 — Activities of conference organisers

Registered office

First Floor, Medway House
18 - 22 Cantelupe Road
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 3BJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

COOTE, Daniel Richard→
director · ~52y · appointed 2026-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JENNINGS, Paul Timothy→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICH, Ann Barbara→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-11-17 · resigned 2026-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30