8 HOURS AHEAD LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12208593 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-16
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | -400 | -400 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-01➖STORMONT, William Philip resigneddirector
- 2025-07-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-06-21📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-06-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-06-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-06-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-06-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-08-26➕PRIESTMAN, Samuel Reuben appointeddirector
- 2020-08-26➕WATKIN, Jake Sebastien James appointeddirector
- 2019-09-16🏢Company incorporatedAs 8 HOURS AHEAD LTD
- 2019-09-16➕STORMONT, William Philip appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Samuel Reuben Priestman Individual · British · DOB 11/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 16/09/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr William Philip Stormontceased 04/11/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies
Registered office
Holt Hall
Holt Lane
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3LY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
PRIESTMAN, Samuel Reuben→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2020-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATKIN, Jake Sebastien James→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2020-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STORMONT, William Philip→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2019-09-16 · resigned 2025-11-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (38 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-24