ESDL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10798351 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-01
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (65/100)

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
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees4400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-10-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-10-15
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2025-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-04-25
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-16
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-03-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ESDL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  19. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    LORD, David John appointed
    director
  20. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    LORD, Edward James appointed
    director
  21. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    LORD, Lynn appointed
    director
  22. 2017-06-01
    ➕
    LORD, Stephen David 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
Incorporated2017-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

251 Inner Promenade
Lytham St Annes
Lancashire
FY8 1AZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-14
Last: 2026-05-31

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

LORD, David John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LORD, Edward James→
director · ~37y · appointed 2017-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LORD, Lynn→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LORD, Stephen David→
director · ~39y · appointed 2017-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-15
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06