1774 INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11796463 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-30
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
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
22 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-04-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-01-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-08-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-01-30🏢Company incorporatedAs 1774 INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2019-01-30➕RANKIN, James William appointeddirector
- 2019-01-30➕SPENCER-JONES, Nicholas George appointeddirector
- 2019-01-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Nicholas George Spencer-Jones Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest | 30/01/2019 |
Mr James William Rankin Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/01/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
3c Drakes Farm Drakes Drive
Long Crendon
Aylesbury
HP18 9BA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
RANKIN, James William→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2019-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SPENCER-JONES, Nicholas George→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2019-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (22 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-27