1 STOP INSTRUCTION BARNET LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
13884489 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-01
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
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
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
16 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-02-01🏢Company incorporatedAs 1 STOP INSTRUCTION BARNET LIMITED
- 2022-02-01➕JOHAL, Papu Singh appointeddirector
- 2022-02-01➕JOHAL-CLARKE, Cavell appointeddirector
- 2022-02-01📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
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 66. 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 Papu Singh Johal Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/02/2022 |
Mr Cavell Johal-Clarke Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/02/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Education & training · IG postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 STOP INSTRUCTION BECKTON LTD→ 13510023 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 2020 CONSULTING LONDON LTD→ 10407570 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| 2HM LIMITED→ 10869044 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| 3R DRIVING SCHOOL LTD→ 16527772 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 TO 7 OUT OF SCHOOL CLUBS LTD→ 16084582 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| A & C PALMER ASSOCIATES LTD→ 06011775 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| A E C TUTORS LTD→ 07977644 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| A.H EDUCATION CENTER LTD→ 12513732 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AA GLOBAL ACADEMY T/A FLUENT FUTURE ACADEMY LTD→ 07743464 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| AA LONDON COLLEGE LTD→ 12268973 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AAGASH EDUCATION LIVERPOOL LTD→ 15871978 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AASHA TRAINING LTD→ 16651394 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities
Registered office
18 Regent Gardens Seven Kings
Ilford
Essex
IG3 8UL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
JOHAL, Papu Singh→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2022-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOHAL-CLARKE, Cavell→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2022-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (16 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-29