10102018 LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

11618425 · ltd · incorporated 2018-10-11

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 23110

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-12-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-12-05
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capital · RP04SH01
2018-10-23
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capital · SH01
2018-10-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-10-23
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-10-23
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officers · AP01
2018-10-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-10-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2018-10-12
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officers · TM01
2018-10-11
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Company incorporated
As 10102018 LIMITED
2018-10-11
➕
KING, Joyce Marion appointed
director
2018-10-11
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KING, Kim David appointed
director
2018-10-11
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DUKE, Michael appointed
director
2018-10-11
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DUKE, Michael resigned
director
2018-10-11
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Joyce Marion King Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	11/10/2018
Mr Kim David King Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	11/10/2018

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

Incorporated2018-10-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC23110 — SIC 23110

Registered office

Portmill House

Portmill Lane

Hitchin

Hertfordshire

SG5 1DJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-24

Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KING, Joyce Marion→

director · ~74y · appointed 2018-10-11

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Active

KING, Kim David→

director · ~75y · appointed 2018-10-11

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Active

DUKE, Michael→

director · ~67y · appointed 2018-10-11 · resigned 2018-10-11

Resigned

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