YOU TALKING TO ME LIMITED
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.6y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 0.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 4400 | 2200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 address
- • 1 address
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-10-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Brookland Ventures Limited
- 2024-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-03-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-02-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-12-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-27📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2023-11-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-09-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-11-23🏢Company incorporatedAs YOU TALKING TO ME LIMITED
- 2021-11-23➕FLEMING, David Cowan appointeddirector
- 2021-11-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Golden Goose Assets Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Golden Goose Assets Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/01/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr David Cowan Flemingceased 22/09/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest
- Mr David Cowan Flemingceased 31/01/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Brookland Ventures Brookland Ventures Limited | A registered charge | — | 20/10/2025 | — |