SMALL WORLD DIRECT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
NF003230 · oversea-company · incorporated 1995-10-30
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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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (42/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
- 1996-03-05📄legacyaccounts · 650A(NI)
- 1995-10-30🏢Company incorporatedAs SMALL WORLD DIRECT LIMITED
- 1995-10-30➕AL-NAQIB, Anthony Jamal appointedsecretary
- 1995-10-30➕AL-NAQIB, Anthony Jamal appointeddirector
- 1995-10-30➕AL-NAQIB, Jennifer Ann appointeddirector
- 1995-10-30📄legacyother · 641(NI)
Owner dependency
84/100
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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
Incorporated1995-10-30
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
11 Keady Business Centre
10 Annvale Road
Keady
Co Armagh
BT60 2RP
Filing status
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Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
AL-NAQIB, Anthony Jamal→
Activesecretary · appointed 1995-10-30
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AL-NAQIB, Anthony Jamal→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1995-10-30
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AL-NAQIB, Jennifer Ann→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1995-10-30
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Recent filings (2 total)
legacy
accounts · 650A(NI)
1996-03-05
legacy
other · 641(NI)
1995-10-30