24 HOUR PEST CONTROL LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15443655 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-25
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
year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£6.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Disinfecting and exterminating services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
9 filings
60
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
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,029

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 1400% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 82% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kJan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets£6.0k£1.7k
Current assets£1.8k£10.0k
Net assets£6.0k£402

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-10-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-10-06
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-09-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-09-01
    STANFORD, Lisa Joanne appointed
    director
  7. 2025-07-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 24 HOUR PEST CONTROL LIMITED
  9. 2024-01-25
    STANFORD, Craig John appointed
    director
  10. 2024-01-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lisa Joanne Stanford
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/10/2025
Mr Craig John Stanford
Individual · English · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/01/2024

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81291 — Disinfecting and exterminating services

Registered office

Rivers Lodge
West Common
Harpenden
AL5 2JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

STANFORD, Craig John
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-01-25
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Active
STANFORD, Lisa Joanne
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-09-01
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-25