BACK UP! S.R.L.
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FC026333 · oversea-company · incorporated 2005-07-19
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (45/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2013-03-26📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 2007-08-17📄legacyofficers · FPA
- 2007-08-17📄legacycertificate · 692(1)(c)
- 2007-03-08📄legacyofficers · 692(1)(b)
- 2007-01-12➕FORNARI, Giuseppe appointeddirector
- 2005-12-21📄legacyaccounts · 225
- 2005-10-24➕MINNETI, Elena appointeddirector
- 2005-10-24📍legacyaddress · BUSADD
- 2005-10-24📄legacyincorporation · 691
- 2005-07-19🏢Company incorporatedAs BACK UP! S.R.L.
Owner dependency
88/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 21 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated2005-07-19
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Judith Hayibor
9 Churchmead Road
Willesden
London
NW10 2JX
Filing status
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FORNARI, Giuseppe→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2007-01-12
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MINNETI, Elena→
Activedirector · ~84y · appointed 2005-10-24
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Recent filings (7 total)
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2013-03-26
legacy
officers · FPA
2007-08-17
legacy
certificate · 692(1)(c)
2007-08-17
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
2007-03-08
legacy
accounts · 225
2005-12-21
legacy
address · BUSADD
2005-10-24
legacy
incorporation · 691
2005-10-24