DISCOVERY FINANCIAL LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11801207 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£122
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £122
Net assets shrinking
Down £94 YoY
Cash YoY
+1766%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
↑ 1766% YoY
Net Worth
£122
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↑ 64% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.8k | £4.8k |
| Current assets | £16.9k | £10.3k |
| Cash | £6.3k | £335 |
| Debtors | £10.7k | £10.0k |
| Net assets | £122 | £216 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-02-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-02-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-01-31➕WHITAKER, Jenni Victoria appointeddirector
- 2019-12-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-02-01🏢Company incorporatedAs DISCOVERY FINANCIAL LTD
- 2019-02-01➕SUGDEN, Benjamin James appointeddirector
- 2019-02-01📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Jenni Victoria Whitaker Individual · British · DOB 10/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/11/2019 |
Mr Benjamin James Sugden Individual · British · DOB 04/1991 · age 35 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/02/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Registered office
31 March Cote Lane
Bingley
West Yorkshire
BD16 1TA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SUGDEN, Benjamin James→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2019-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITAKER, Jenni Victoria→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2020-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-02-11