ENDEAVOUR 17 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC246768 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£29.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,020
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,603 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£29k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£39k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£19k£29k£39k£48kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£29.0k£35.6k
Current assets£38.7k£48.2k
Net assets£29.0k£35.6k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2021-04-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2021-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-11-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-01
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    SMITH, Cheryl Patricia appointed
    director
  15. 2018-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-03-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ENDEAVOUR 17 LIMITED
  18. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    SMITH, Cheryl Patricia appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    SMITH, Fraser appointed
    director
  20. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-03-28
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-03-28
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Fraser Smith
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2016
Mrs Cheryl Patricia Smith
Individual · British · DOB 10/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Fraser Smithceased 07/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-03-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Acumen House
Grange Road
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 1WN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Cheryl Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Cheryl Patricia→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-04-01
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Active
SMITH, Fraser→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-28 · resigned 2003-03-28
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-28 · resigned 2003-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-07