GO BOX SELF STORAGE LTD

🌳Matureactive

NI635116 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-30

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£253.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Removal services

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

52103SIC 52103

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £253,173

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£253k

↑ 36% YoY

Current Assets

£48k

↑ 3.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£315.8k	£263.1k
Current assets	£48.5k	£47.1k
Net assets	£253.2k	£185.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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accounts · AA
2023-12-24
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-27
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accounts · AA
2018-11-06
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officers · AP01
2018-01-04
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accounts · AA
2017-12-01
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O'CONNOR, Sean Gerard appointed
director
2017-11-24
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accounts · AA
2017-08-24
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accounts · AA01
2015-11-30
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Company incorporated
As GO BOX SELF STORAGE LTD
2015-11-30
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O'CONNOR, Bernadette Mary appointed
director
2015-11-30
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Sean Gerard O'Connor Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/05/2016

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

Incorporated2015-11-30

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

38 North Circular Road

Belfast

BT15 5HD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-13

Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

O'CONNOR, Bernadette Mary→

director · ~55y · appointed 2015-11-30

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O'CONNOR, Sean Gerard→

director · ~59y · appointed 2017-12-01

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