55TH PARALLEL LTD.

🏛️Establishedactive
11125102 · ltd · incorporated 2017-12-27
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
30 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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100—

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-06-27
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    address · AD01
  13. 2018-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-05-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-05-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2017-12-27
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    Company incorporated
    As 55TH PARALLEL LTD.
  19. 2017-12-27
    ➕
    BESFORD, Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2017-12-27
    ➕
    YOUNGS, Mary Katherine 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 8 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Besford
Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/12/2017
Mrs Mary Katherine Youngs
Individual · British · DOB 07/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/12/2017

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
Incorporated2017-12-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

42 Baronswood
Gosforth
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE3 3UB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BESFORD, Andrew→
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNGS, Mary Katherine→
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-11