20SOMETHING LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12045604 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Advertising agencies
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
100
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 10 | 1200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-07-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-07-20📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2021-07-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2021-05-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-05-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-04-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2021-01-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-01-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-01-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-01-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-01-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-12-07📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2020-12-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2019-06-12🏢Company incorporatedAs 20SOMETHING LIMITED
- 2019-06-12➕BARNARD, Andrew Neil appointeddirector
- 2019-06-12➕THACKER, William John appointeddirector
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
William John Thacker Individual · British · DOB 09/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 02/06/2021 |
Andrew Neil Barnard Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 02/06/2021 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Scott Leonard Griffinceased 20/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Ludovic Luigi Fealyceased 19/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Andrew Neil Barnardceased 19/11/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- William John Thackerceased 19/11/2020· 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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6 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
Incorporated2019-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC73110 — Advertising agencies
Registered office
73 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3QQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BARNARD, Andrew Neil→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2019-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THACKER, William John→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2019-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/04/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-20
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-07-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-05-24