EXCEED PERFORMANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC444843 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-12

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.2y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101

Metric	2025-02-28
Average employees	7

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-03-11
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-10-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-08
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O'CONNOR, Damien Anthony appointed
director
2025-10-08
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MILLS, Sonia Caroline resigned
director
2025-09-05
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-05
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-07-31
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-11-24
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-11-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-11-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-10-30
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MILLS, Joseph appointed
secretary
2020-10-30
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MILLS, Sam appointed
secretary
2020-10-30
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MILLS, Jacob resigned
secretary
2020-10-30
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MILLS, Sean resigned
secretary
2017-02-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2015-02-24
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WIGHAM DE BOER, Aafke appointed
director
2014-08-28
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MILLS, Sonia Caroline appointed
director
2014-04-24
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MILLS, Sonia Caroline resigned
director
2014-04-07
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WIGHAM, Timothy Walter appointed
director
2014-04-07
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MILLS, Jacob appointed
secretary
2014-04-07
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MILLS, Sean appointed
secretary
2014-04-07
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MILLS, Sonia Caroline resigned
director
2013-03-12
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Company incorporated
As EXCEED PERFORMANCE LIMITED
2013-03-12
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MILLS, Ian Joseph appointed
director
2013-03-12
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MILLS, Ian Joseph appointed
director
2013-03-12
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MILLS, Ian Joseph resigned
director
2013-03-12
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MILLS, Sonia Caroline appointed
director
2013-03-12
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MILLS, Sonia Caroline appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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.)

Group structure

Exceed (Xcd) Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Exceed (Xcd) Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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EXCEED PERFORMANCE LIMITED

This company · SC444843

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Exceed (Xcd) Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-03-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

1 Rubislaw Terrace

Aberdeen

AB10 1XE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12