@6SPIRITS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13336193 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-15
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
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
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year 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 | 2025-07-31 |
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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
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
1
filing
- • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-06📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2026-03-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-15🏢Company incorporatedAs @6SPIRITS LTD
- 2021-04-15➕WOOD, Rachel Mary appointeddirector
- 2021-04-15➕WOOD, Simon Howard appointeddirector
- 2021-04-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 |
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Mr Simon Howard Wood Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 15/04/2021 |
Mrs Rachel Mary Wood Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/11/2021 |
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
Incorporated2021-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
6 Woodleigh Grove
Huddersfield
HD4 7AN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WOOD, Rachel Mary→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOOD, Simon Howard→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (14 total)
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-04-15