8TH WONDER LTD.
🌳Matureactive
03430336 · ltd · incorporated 1997-09-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueLeverage-led grower. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 8 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (70/100).
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Refinance opportunity
17 live charges · 8 lenders · oldest 26.0y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 8 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
17 charges (17/17 with lender, 17/17 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
119 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,112,068
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £1.11M | £-287.5k |
| Average employees | 35 | 36 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-08-21🔒Charge registered #17Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
- 2024-10-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-02-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-01-25🔒Charge registered #16Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-05-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-05-03🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2023-04-27➕TYRER, Louise appointeddirector
- 2023-04-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-04-22🔒Charge registered #15Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-02-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-02-10🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2019-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-29🔒Charge registered #14Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-08-21🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2019-08-01🔒Charge registered #13Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2018-07-30🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Catalyst Business Finance LTD
- 2018-07-27🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2018-07-03🔒Charge registered #11Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2018-01-30🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2016-09-27🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Catalyst Business Finance LTD
- 2015-10-09➖TYRER, Kerry Michael resignedsecretary
- 2015-10-09➖TYRER, Kerry Michael resigneddirector
- 2014-06-27🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2014-06-27🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2014-04-01🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2014-04-01🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2010-03-11🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2010-03-11🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2010-03-11🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2010-03-10🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2009-11-18🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2008-12-19🔒Charge registered #5Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2007-04-13➖GARRETT, Gregory Gerard resignedsecretary
- 2007-04-13➕TYRER, Kerry Michael appointedsecretary
- 2007-04-13➖GARRETT, Gregory Gerard resigneddirector
- 2004-03-19🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2004-03-19🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2003-12-19🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 68 events
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TYRER, Louise (same surname) appointed 2023-04-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
5 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Group structure
8th Wonder Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
8th Wonder Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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8TH WONDER LTD.
This company · 03430336
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8th Wonder Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2155 LIMITED→ 14871373 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| 365 FILLER LTD→ 13787280 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ACAI FOODS UK LIMITED→ 11351492 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ACCOH LTD→ 10834213 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AD79 DRINKS LIMITED→ 16894602 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADA FASHION LTD→ 15271507 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADDCOLOUR TRADING LTD→ 02009599 · est 1986 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 40y | — | — |
| ADFORCE U.K. LIMITED→ 03476855 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| ADOREMEFIT LABEL LIMITED→ 15039948 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADVANCED PERSONAL PROTECTION LIMITED→ 16332184 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AEL GLAZING LTD→ 07318644 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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 →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Registered office
Progress House
Westwood Park Drive
Wigan
WN3 4HH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-28
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05
Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)
TYRER, Gary Matthew→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 1997-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TYRER, Louise→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2023-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COOPER, Philip John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-01-12 · resigned 2003-03-15
GARRETT, Gregory Gerard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-03-14 · resigned 2007-04-13
GARRETT, Gregory Gerard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-09-05 · resigned 1999-01-12
TYRER, Kerry Michael→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-04-13 · resigned 2015-10-09
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-09-05 · resigned 1997-09-05
GARRETT, Gregory Gerard→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2003-03-14 · resigned 2007-04-13
GARRETT, Gregory Gerard→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 1997-09-05 · resigned 2000-01-23
NOLAN, Andrew John→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 1997-09-05 · resigned 1998-11-23
TYRER, Kerry Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 1997-09-05 · resigned 2015-10-09
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Mortgages & charges
17
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:17 of 17 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited | A registered charge | — | 21/08/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/01/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/04/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/08/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/08/2019 | — | |
| satisfied | Catalyst Business Finance Catalyst Business Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 30/07/2018 | 10/02/2020 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 03/07/2018 | 27/07/2018 | |
| satisfied | Catalyst Business Finance Catalyst Business Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 27/09/2016 | 30/01/2018 | |
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/04/2014 | 03/05/2023 | |
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | — | 01/04/2014 | 21/08/2019 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 10/03/2010 | 27/06/2014 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 18/11/2009 | 27/06/2014 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 19/12/2008 | 11/03/2010 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 19/12/2003 | 11/03/2010 | |
| satisfied | Euro Sales Finance Euro Sales Finance PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 28/06/2002 | 11/03/2010 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Deposit agreement to secure own liabilities | 1 property | 17/05/2000 | 19/03/2004 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/05/2000 | 19/03/2004 |
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Recent filings (119 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-05-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31