7181 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09222979 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-17
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-05-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-05-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-05-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-04-28
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2025-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-04-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-04-08
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2025-04-08
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  11. 2025-04-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2024-08-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-12-01
    HEATH, Gareth Roger Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2014-09-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 7181 LIMITED
  21. 2014-09-17
    NORGATE, Peter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Migena Lika
Individual · Albanian · DOB 04/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2025
Mr Gareth Roger Edward Heath
Individual · British · DOB 11/1978 · age 48
sig. influencesignificant influence01/04/2025
Mr Peter Norgate
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Elaine Margaret Norgate
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

4 Chester Court
Chester Hall Lane
Basildon
Essex
SS14 3WR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HEATH, Gareth Roger Edward
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active
NORGATE, Peter
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-09-17
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-08
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-04-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29