EKO UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06664824 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-05
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 May 2025
Net worth
£84.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £84,066
Cash draining
Cash down 45% YoY
Cash YoY
-45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£27k
↓ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£84k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£47k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£34k£50k£67k£84kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£89.3k£71.6k
Current assets£46.7k£83.6k
Cash£27.1k£49.5k
Debtors£19.6k£28.2k
Net assets£84.1k£59.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-08-14
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-09-16
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    HADLEY, Alison Jane, Dr resigned
    director
  6. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-09
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    HADLEY, Alison Jane, Dr appointed
    director
  8. 2023-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2022-08-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-10-31
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    GEERE, Fox Warren resigned
    director
  14. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  16. 2020-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  17. 2020-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-08-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2012-10-19
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    GEERE, Fox Warren appointed
    director
  22. 2012-04-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  23. 2012-03-01
    ➖
    SHAW, Ian James resigned
    director
  24. 2011-01-26
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    SHAW, Ian James appointed
    director
  25. 2009-06-15
    ➖
    PAGANO, Kristin, Dr resigned
    director
  26. 2009-06-01
    ➕
    REECE, Guy Stuart appointed
    director
  27. 2008-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As EKO UK LIMITED
  28. 2008-08-05
    ➕
    EVANS, Lee James appointed
    secretary
  29. 2008-08-05
    ➕
    EVANS, Lee James appointed
    director
  30. 2008-08-05
    ➕
    PAGANO, Kristin, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lee James Evans
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

2 Friar Walk
Worthing
West Sussex
BN13 1BL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

EVANS, Lee James→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-05
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Active
EVANS, Lee James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-08-05
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Active
REECE, Guy Stuart→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-06-01
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Active
GEERE, Fox Warren→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-10-19 · resigned 2021-10-31
Resigned
HADLEY, Alison Jane, Dr→
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-03-09 · resigned 2024-09-16
Resigned
PAGANO, Kristin, Dr→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-08-05 · resigned 2009-06-15
Resigned
SHAW, Ian James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-01-26 · resigned 2012-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Rent deposit deed1 property10/04/2012—
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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12