SUSTAINABLE TOPCO LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13164898 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-28
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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 (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
16 officers (8 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
67 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-07
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-02-07
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-01-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-01-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-01
    BLACKWELL, Benjamin Paul appointed
    director
  7. 2024-12-18
    📄
    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  8. 2024-12-17
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2024-12-10
    📄
    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  10. 2024-12-09
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2024-12-09
    📄
    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  12. 2024-11-18
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  13. 2024-11-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2024-11-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  15. 2024-11-15
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2024-10-17
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2024-10-17
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2024-10-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2024-10-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2024-10-10
    THORNE, Emma resigned
    director
  21. 2024-07-01
    JONES, Henry Stephen Major appointed
    director
  22. 2024-05-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2024-05-22
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2024-05-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2024-03-11
    LOWE, James appointed
    director
  26. 2024-03-08
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  27. 2024-01-26
    KORANTAK, Sachin appointed
    director
  28. 2024-01-16
    KING, Andrew James resigned
    director
  29. 2023-04-19
    KING, Andrew James appointed
    director
  30. 2023-03-06
    FAWCETT, Julie Patricia resigned
    director
  31. 2022-06-01
    BAIRD, Gordon Martin resigned
    director
  32. 2021-12-01
    O'ROURKE, Matt appointed
    director
  33. 2021-12-01
    BAIRD, Gordon Martin appointed
    director
  34. 2021-12-01
    FAWCETT, Julie Patricia appointed
    director
  35. 2021-03-02
    COOKE, Alexandra Louise appointed
    director
  36. 2021-03-02
    COOKE, Alistair James appointed
    director
  37. 2021-03-02
    BRIDGES FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  38. 2021-02-18
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  39. 2021-02-18
    HART, Roger resigned
    director
  40. 2021-02-18
    THORNE, Emma appointed
    director
  41. 2021-02-18
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  42. 2021-02-18
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  43. 2021-01-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SUSTAINABLE TOPCO LIMITED
  44. 2021-01-28
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  45. 2021-01-28
    HART, Roger appointed
    director
  46. 2021-01-28
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  47. 2021-01-28
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund Iv (General Partner) Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund Iv (General Partner) Llp
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
SUSTAINABLE TOPCO LIMITED
This company · 13164898

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund Iv (General Partner) Llp
Corporate entity
2550%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control24/02/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Bridges Fund Management Limitedceased 02/03/2021· significant influence
  • Inhoco Formations Limitedceased 24/02/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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🔒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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Lower Tweed Mill Shinners Bridge
Dartington
Totnes
Devon
TQ9 6JB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (8 active · 8 resigned)

BLACKWELL, Benjamin Paul
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOKE, Alexandra Louise
director · ~49y · appointed 2021-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOKE, Alistair James
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Henry Stephen Major
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-07-01
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Active
KORANTAK, Sachin
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWE, James
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'ROURKE, Matt
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIDGES FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2021-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2021-01-28 · resigned 2021-02-18
Resigned
BAIRD, Gordon Martin
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-12-01 · resigned 2022-06-01
Resigned
FAWCETT, Julie Patricia
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-12-01 · resigned 2023-03-06
Resigned
HART, Roger
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-01-28 · resigned 2021-02-18
Resigned
KING, Andrew James
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-04-19 · resigned 2024-01-16
Resigned
THORNE, Emma
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-02-18 · resigned 2024-10-10
Resigned
A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2021-01-28 · resigned 2021-02-18
Resigned
INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2021-01-28 · resigned 2021-02-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2024-12-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-17
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-12-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-09
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-12-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-11-15