971 SERVICES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11403003 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-07
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 Jun 2024
Net worth
£17.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,704

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£18k
↑ 146% YoY
Current Assets
£407k
↑ 107% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£81k£163k£244k£325k£407kJun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Total assets£89.8k£43.5k
Current assets£406.6k£196.7k
Net assets£17.7k£7.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-03-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited
  4. 2024-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-02
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2018-11-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-11-01
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    PRICE, George appointed
    director
  13. 2018-11-01
    ➕
    PRICE, Lee appointed
    director
  14. 2018-06-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-06-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-06-25
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-06-25
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-06-22
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    PRICE, George resigned
    director
  19. 2018-06-22
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    PRICE, Lee resigned
    director
  20. 2018-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As 971 SERVICES LIMITED
  21. 2018-06-07
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    PRICE, Ryan Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2018-06-07
    ➕
    PRICE, George appointed
    director
  23. 2018-06-07
    ➕
    PRICE, Lee appointed
    director
  24. 2018-06-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ryan Peter Price
Individual · British · DOB 06/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/06/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr George Priceceased 22/06/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Lee Priceceased 22/06/2018· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

23 Farnworth Street
Widnes
WA8 9LH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PRICE, George→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-11-01
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Active
PRICE, Lee→
director · ~37y · appointed 2018-11-01
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Active
PRICE, Ryan Peter→
director · ~39y · appointed 2018-06-07
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Active
PRICE, George→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-06-07 · resigned 2018-06-22
Resigned
PRICE, Lee→
director · ~37y · appointed 2018-06-07 · resigned 2018-06-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Financial Services Limited
A registered charge—11/03/2025—
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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-13