7TH LETTER LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12628086 · ltd · incorporated 2020-05-28
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 5.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
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
2 live charges · oldest 5.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.7 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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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 (13 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-08-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-08-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Cumberland Building Society
- 2020-08-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Cumberland Building Society
- 2020-05-28🏢Company incorporatedAs 7TH LETTER LTD
- 2020-05-28➕RUMFORD, Paul Stewart appointeddirector
- 2020-05-28➕TANSLEY, Nicola Jane appointeddirector
- 2020-05-28📄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 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Stewart Rumford Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/05/2020 |
Miss Nicola Jane Tansley Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/05/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Registered office
7 Tofts Hill
Stathern
Melton Mowbray
LE14 4HU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
RUMFORD, Paul Stewart→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TANSLEY, Nicola Jane→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Cumberland Building Society | A registered charge | — | 19/08/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Cumberland Building Society | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/08/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (13 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-08-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-08-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-05-28