125 GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07611121 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-04-20

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£299.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (7 active, 16 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £299,903

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,600 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£300k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£307k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£299.9k	£301.5k
Current assets	£307.0k	£274.0k
Net assets	£299.9k	£301.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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accounts · AA
2025-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
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officers · AP01
2024-11-14
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officers · AP01
2024-11-09
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ANDREW, Gill appointed
director
2024-11-09
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CARPENTER, Alex appointed
director
2024-02-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
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MACLEAN, Stuart resigned
director
2022-11-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-20
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GILBERT, David resigned
director
2022-02-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-21
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GILBERT, David appointed
director
2022-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
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officers · AP01
2022-01-31
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LLOYD, Christopher appointed
director
2022-01-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-27
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HEELAS, Gary Simon resigned
director
2021-05-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-27
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VAUGHAN, Steven James resigned
director
2021-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-27
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ZABERNIK, John Max resigned
director
2020-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-10-28
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officers · AP01
2019-10-26
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TREBINSKI, James Mark appointed
director
2019-10-26
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HEELAS, Gary Simon appointed
director
2019-10-11
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HEELAS, Gary Simon resigned
director
2019-10-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-06-01
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SHAW, Anthony David resigned
director
2015-10-31
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TATTERSALL, John Heap resigned
director
2015-10-31
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ZABERNIK, John Max appointed
director
2015-03-13
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VAUGHAN, Steven James appointed
director
2011-07-18
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WEBBER, Benjamin Luke appointed
director
2011-05-24
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WEBBER, Benjamin Luke resigned
director
2011-04-20
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Company incorporated
As 125 GROUP LIMITED
2011-04-20
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HEELAS, Gary Simon appointed
secretary
2011-04-20
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WOOD, Beavan Alexander appointed
director
2011-04-20
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HEELAS, Gary Simon appointed
director
2011-04-20
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MACLEAN, Stuart appointed
director
2011-04-20
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SHAW, Anthony David appointed
director
2011-04-20
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TATTERSALL, John Heap appointed
director
2011-04-20
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WEBBER, Benjamin Luke appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2011-04-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

85 First Floor

Great Portland Street

London

W1W 7LT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-04

Last: 2025-04-20