THE INSURANCE HELPLINE LTD
Opportunity 59/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (50/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2013-05-17📄gazette-dissolved-compulsorygazette · GAZ2
- 2013-05-17🏁Company dissolved
- 2013-01-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2012-02-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-02-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2011-08-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2011-01-27🏢Company incorporatedAs THE INSURANCE HELPLINE LTD
- 2011-01-27➕POLE, Kieran appointeddirector
- 2011-01-27➕STEVENSON, Ashley appointeddirector
- 2011-01-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
1 high ·Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2013-05-17
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