29-32 JOSEPHINE CLOSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09888836 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-25
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
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£-779
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £779

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£779
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£779£1k£4k£6k£8k£10kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£15.1k£13.1k
Current assets£10.1k£8.0k
Net assets£-779£-692

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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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. 2026-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2016-04-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2016-03-30
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    WAGSTAFF, Andrew William appointed
    director
  15. 2016-03-29
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    MATTERFACE, Patricia Helen resigned
    director
  16. 2015-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As 29-32 JOSEPHINE CLOSE LIMITED
  17. 2015-11-25
    ➕
    FITZALAN-CRAM, Amberley Felicia appointed
    director
  18. 2015-11-25
    ➕
    PASTON, Faye Marion appointed
    director
  19. 2015-11-25
    ➕
    WAGSTAFF, David William appointed
    director
  20. 2015-11-25
    ➕
    MATTERFACE, Patricia Helen appointed
    director
  21. 2015-11-25
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

32 Josephine Close
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 2PG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

FITZALAN-CRAM, Amberley Felicia→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PASTON, Faye Marion→
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAGSTAFF, Andrew William→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAGSTAFF, David William→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MATTERFACE, Patricia Helen→
director · ~95y · appointed 2015-11-25 · resigned 2016-03-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-04