2PG INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09961319 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-20
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 May 2025
Net worth
£10.00M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -61% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 10.1y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £10,000,483
Net assets shrinking
Down £142,810 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 61% YoY
Cash YoY
-61%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£146k
↓ 61% YoY
Net Worth
£10m
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£374k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £10.00M | £10.27M |
| Current assets | £373.6k | £657.9k |
| Cash | £145.9k | £377.9k |
| Net assets | £10.00M | £10.14M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-05-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2016-05-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2016-03-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2016-01-20🏢Company incorporatedAs 2PG INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2016-01-20➕MCBRIEN, James Edward appointeddirector
- 2016-01-20➕MCBRIEN, John Patrick appointeddirector
- 2016-01-20➕MCBRIEN, Peter James, Dr appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 90 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
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 James Edward Mcbrien Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Dr Peter James Mcbrien Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Patrick Mcbrienceased 14/02/2026· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-01-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
2 Prince Georges Road
London
SW19 2PX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MCBRIEN, James Edward→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2016-01-20
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MCBRIEN, John Patrick→
Activedirector · ~90y · appointed 2016-01-20
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MCBRIEN, Peter James, Dr→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2016-01-20
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/05/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/03/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-24