8A21 LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10246952 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-23
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47749
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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: high (82/100)

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
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-06-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2018-06-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-06-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-03-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2018-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 8A21 LIMITED
  18. 2016-06-23
    ➕
    SMITH, Richard Edward James appointed
    director
  19. 2016-06-23
    ➕
    WITTERING, Jason appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jason Wittering
Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49
75–100%
—75-100% shares22/06/2017
Mr Richard Edward James Smith
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/06/2018

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
Incorporated2016-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47749 — SIC 47749

Registered office

Azzurri House Walsall Business Park
Aldridge
Walsall
West Midlands
WS9 0RB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Richard Edward James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-06-23
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Active
WITTERING, Jason→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-06-23
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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01