WHITE OAK NO.7 LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16708301 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-10
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
12
filings
  • 7 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2025-11-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-11-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-11-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-11-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-11-05
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2025-11-05
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2025-11-05
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2025-11-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2025-11-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2025-10-29
    RUTHERFORD, Ross appointed
    secretary
  13. 2025-10-29
    BANKS, Douglas appointed
    director
  14. 2025-10-29
    OTTE, Thomas appointed
    director
  15. 2025-10-29
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2025-10-29
    HART, Roger resigned
    director
  17. 2025-10-29
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  18. 2025-10-29
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  19. 2025-10-29
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  20. 2025-09-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WHITE OAK NO.7 LIMITED
  21. 2025-09-10
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2025-09-10
    HART, Roger appointed
    director
  23. 2025-09-10
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2025-09-10
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2025-09-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

2 med ·
4 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned 2025-10-29; HART, Roger resigned 2025-10-29; A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned 2025-10-29

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-10-29: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Ldf Group Finance Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Ldf Group Finance Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
WHITE OAK NO.7 LIMITED
This company · 16708301

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ldf Group Finance Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/11/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Inhoco Formations Limitedceased 04/11/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Second Floor Hq Offices
58 Nicholas Street
Chester
England
CH1 2NP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-10
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last:

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

RUTHERFORD, Ross
secretary · appointed 2025-10-29
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Active
BANKS, Douglas
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-10-29
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Active
OTTE, Thomas
director · ~71y · appointed 2025-10-29
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Active
A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-09-10 · resigned 2025-10-29
Resigned
HART, Roger
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-09-10 · resigned 2025-10-29
Resigned
A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2025-09-10 · resigned 2025-10-29
Resigned
INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2025-09-10 · resigned 2025-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-05
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-11-05
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-11-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-05
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-09-10