ABOUT A MINUTE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

10894975 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-02

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£-12.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

62/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

62/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £12,281

High leverage

Liabilities are 100% of total assets

Net assets shrinking

Down £13,812 YoY

Leverage

100%

Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£12k

↓ 902% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 75% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£4.3k	£1.5k
Current assets	£3.4k	£13.8k
Cash	—	£531
Debtors	—	£13.2k
Net assets	£-12.3k	£1.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-02-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-20
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-24
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-01
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PRAJAKTHANATHORN, Patharawan appointed
director
2023-10-20
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-03-01
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PAINE, Martika resigned
secretary
2020-05-21
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PAINE, Martika appointed
secretary
2020-02-18
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PAINE, Chris resigned
director
2017-08-02
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Company incorporated
As ABOUT A MINUTE LTD
2017-08-02
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PAINE, James appointed
director
2017-08-02
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BEDWELL-LEE, Luci appointed
director
2017-08-02
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BEDWELL-LEE, Luci resigned
director
2017-08-02
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PAINE, Chris appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

1 high · 1 low

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-12-08

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Paine Individual · British · DOB 12/1990 · age 36	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/08/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Chris Paineceased 18/02/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-08-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Gallery Ketteringham Hall

Church Road

Wymondham

Norfolk

NR18 9RS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2025-12-08OVERDUE

Last: 2024-11-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PAINE, James→

director · ~36y · appointed 2017-08-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PRAJAKTHANATHORN, Patharawan→

director · ~33y · appointed 2024-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PAINE, Martika→

secretary · appointed 2020-05-21 · resigned 2022-03-01

Resigned

BEDWELL-LEE, Luci→

director · ~51y · appointed 2017-08-02 · resigned 2017-08-02

Resigned

PAINE, Chris→

director · ~72y · appointed 2017-08-02 · resigned 2020-02-18

Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-20

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-04-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-04-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-04-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-04-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-04-23

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-04-23

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-04-23

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-04-23

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-03-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-03-03

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-03