1ST LETTINGS (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06465915 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-07
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 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400700

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2018-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-02-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2018-01-16
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    BHACHU, Amarjit Kaur resigned
    secretary
  13. 2017-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-03-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2008-01-10
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    BHACHU, Jaspal Singh appointed
    director
  19. 2008-01-10
    ➕
    BHACHU, Manmohan Singh appointed
    director
  20. 2008-01-10
    ➕
    BHACHU, Amarjit Kaur appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-01-08
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2008-01-08
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2008-01-07
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST LETTINGS (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED
  24. 2008-01-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2008-01-07
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

52 52 Northgate
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 3AN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BHACHU, Jaspal Singh→
director · ~45y · appointed 2008-01-10
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Active
BHACHU, Manmohan Singh→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHACHU, Amarjit Kaur→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-10 · resigned 2018-01-16
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-01-07 · resigned 2008-01-08
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-01-07 · resigned 2008-01-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property29/03/2008—
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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-03