AGAINST THE HEAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC468258 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-24

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 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

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1	100

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 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-01-25
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-07-18
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TURNBULL, Christopher Edgar resigned
director
2019-03-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-12-07
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DALY, Robert Paul appointed
director
2018-12-07
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LAWSON, Henry Benedict appointed
director
2018-12-07
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PAUL, Stuart Watson appointed
director
2018-12-07
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PAUL, Alison Jane resigned
director
2018-12-07
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TURNBULL, Christopher Edgar appointed
director
2014-10-01
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NAPIER, Russell Allen Richard appointed
director
2014-01-24
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Company incorporated
As AGAINST THE HEAD LIMITED
2014-01-24
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PAUL, Alison Jane 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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

D.C. Thomson & Company Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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D.C. Thomson & Company Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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AGAINST THE HEAD LIMITED

This company · SC468258

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
D.C. Thomson & Company Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/12/2018
Mr Russell Allen Richard Napier Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Alison Jane Paulceased 30/10/2018· significant influence
Mr Stuart Watson Paulceased 30/10/2018· significant influence

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

Incorporated2014-01-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Courier Buildings

2 Albert Square

Dundee

DD1 9QJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

DALY, Robert Paul→

director · ~69y · appointed 2018-12-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LAWSON, Henry Benedict→

director · ~56y · appointed 2018-12-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

NAPIER, Russell Allen Richard→

director · ~62y · appointed 2014-10-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PAUL, Stuart Watson→

director · ~56y · appointed 2018-12-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PAUL, Alison Jane→

director · ~59y · appointed 2014-01-24 · resigned 2018-12-07

Resigned

TURNBULL, Christopher Edgar→

director · ~57y · appointed 2018-12-07 · resigned 2019-07-18

Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-12-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-02-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-25

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-01-25

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-11-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-11-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-11-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-07-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-12-21

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2022-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-26