GOODLAND IOW LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10429930 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-17
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 15120
Sector: Manufacturing
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 (80/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-10-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-31
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2020-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2016-10-17
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    Company incorporated
    As GOODLAND IOW LIMITED
  17. 2016-10-17
    ➕
    SCHWARTZ, Ben appointed
    director
  18. 2016-10-17
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    SCHWARTZ, Samantha Alana appointed
    director
  19. 2016-10-17
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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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ben Schwartz
Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest17/10/2016

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
Incorporated2016-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC15120 — SIC 15120

Registered office

Upton View
Nettlestone Green
Seaview
PO34 5DX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SCHWARTZ, Ben→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-10-17
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Active
SCHWARTZ, Samantha Alana→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-10-17
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-31