845 HOLDINGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

10200806 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-26

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 May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

21 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts · AA
2025-02-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-05-26
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Company incorporated
As 845 HOLDINGS LIMITED
2016-05-26
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LUCAS, Penelope Jane appointed
director
2016-05-26
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LUCAS, Stephen James appointed
director
2016-05-26
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean

No 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
Mrs Penelope Jane Lucas Individual · Australian · DOB 06/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/05/2016
Mr Stephen James Lucas Individual · Australian · DOB 06/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/05/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-05-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

2 Old Acres Lane

Charvil

Reading

RG10 9QZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-08

Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LUCAS, Penelope Jane→

director · ~55y · appointed 2016-05-26

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LUCAS, Stephen James→

director · ~54y · appointed 2016-05-26

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