WINTERTHUR FINANCIAL SERVICES UK LIMITED

⚰️Wound downdissolved
00823355 · ltd · incorporated 1964-10-16
Investment thesis
Company dissolved — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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
58 officers (1 active, 58 linked, 52 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
254 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
30
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (121 events)Click to expand
  1. 2021-03-16
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    gazette-dissolved-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ2(A)
  2. 2021-03-16
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    Company dissolved
  3. 2020-12-24
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    dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · SOAS(A)
  4. 2020-12-08
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  5. 2020-11-30
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  6. 2020-06-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2020-06-16
    ➖
    SMALL, Jeremy Peter resigned
    secretary
  8. 2020-01-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2019-12-31
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    BOBBY, Christopher Graham resigned
    director
  10. 2019-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-12-31
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    POUPART-LAFARGE, Bertrand resigned
    director
  13. 2018-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-01-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-11-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2016-11-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2016-10-31
    ➖
    CHEESEMAN, David Richard resigned
    director
  21. 2016-10-31
    ➖
    KELLARD, Michael John resigned
    director
  22. 2016-10-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2016-10-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2016-10-20
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    BOBBY, Christopher Graham appointed
    director
  25. 2016-10-20
    ➕
    POUPART-LAFARGE, Bertrand appointed
    director
  26. 2016-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2016-05-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  28. 2015-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  29. 2015-05-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  30. 2014-11-05
    ➖
    THOMPSON, David Michael, Dr resigned
    director
  31. 2014-09-30
    ➖
    ELPHICK, Nicolas John resigned
    director
  32. 2013-09-30
    ➖
    EVANS, Paul James resigned
    director
  33. 2013-08-31
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    DROUFFE, Jean Paul Dominique Louis resigned
    director
  34. 2013-05-03
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    ELPHICK, Nicolas John appointed
    director
  35. 2013-05-03
    ➕
    THOMPSON, David Michael, Dr appointed
    director
  36. 2012-03-07
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    CHEESEMAN, David Richard appointed
    director
  37. 2011-06-28
    ➖
    DE MENEVAL, Francois resigned
    director
  38. 2010-09-30
    ➖
    MOREAU, Nicolas Jean Marie Denis resigned
    director
  39. 2010-09-17
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    DROUFFE, Jean Paul Dominique Louis appointed
    director
  40. 2010-09-15
    ➖
    PARSONS, Andrew Mark resigned
    director
  41. 2010-07-12
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Ian resigned
    director
  42. 2008-06-18
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    ROBINSON, Ian appointed
    director
  43. 2008-06-11
    ➖
    HYNAM, David Emmanuel resigned
    director
  44. 2008-04-11
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    MASO Y GUELL RIVET, Philippe Louis Herbert resigned
    director
  45. 2007-10-01
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    PURVIS, Andrew John appointed
    director
  46. 2007-10-01
    ➕
    DE MENEVAL, Francois appointed
    director
  47. 2007-10-01
    ➕
    EVANS, Paul James appointed
    director
  48. 2007-10-01
    ➕
    HYNAM, David Emmanuel appointed
    director
  49. 2007-10-01
    ➕
    MASO Y GUELL RIVET, Philippe Louis Herbert appointed
    director
  50. 2007-10-01
    ➕
    MOREAU, Nicolas Jean Marie Denis appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 121 events

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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

1 high ·
Company dissolved
high

Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.

Evidence: Dissolved on 2021-03-16

Group structure

Axa Uk Plc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Axa Uk Plc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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WINTERTHUR FINANCIAL SERVICES UK LIMITED
This company · 00823355

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
Axa Uk Plc
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Winterthur Life Uk Holdings Limitedceased 26/04/2016· 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

Statusdissolved
Typeltd
Incorporated1964-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2018-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (0 active · 57 resigned)

PURVIS, Andrew John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAMFORD, Jacqueline Ann→
secretary · resigned 2001-02-28
Resigned
BASARAN, Sandra Judith→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-01 · resigned 2007-04-30
Resigned
CANTLE, Neil Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-28 · resigned 2003-09-01
Resigned
CANTLE, Neil Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-28 · resigned 2001-03-13
Resigned
LOCKWOOD, Kevin Ashley→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-13 · resigned 2002-08-28
Resigned
SMALL, Jeremy Peter→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-30 · resigned 2020-06-16
Resigned
ADAM, David Stow→
director · ~96y · resigned 1993-04-18
Resigned
BAER, Derek Alfred Howard→
director · ~105y · resigned 1993-12-14
Resigned
BASARAN, Sandra Judith→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2007-04-30
Resigned
BOBBY, Christopher Graham→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-10-20 · resigned 2019-12-31
Resigned
BOUTLE, Geoffrey John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-06-12 · resigned 2000-08-31
Resigned
BUDD, Gerald Victor Albert→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-06-12 · resigned 2001-01-04
Resigned
CHEESEMAN, David Richard→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-03-07 · resigned 2016-10-31
Resigned
COYLE, Christopher Davis→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-05-15 · resigned 1999-08-31
Resigned
DAVISON, Robert Bruce→
director · ~89y · resigned 1993-12-31
Resigned
DE MENEVAL, Francois→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-10-01 · resigned 2011-06-28
Resigned
DENNIS, Andrew Richard→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-01-02 · resigned 2000-06-12
Resigned
DEVAS, Michael Campbell→
director · ~102y · resigned 1994-03-24
Resigned
DROUFFE, Jean Paul Dominique Louis→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-09-17 · resigned 2013-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (254 total)

gazette-dissolved-voluntary
gazette · GAZ2(A)
2021-03-16
dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · SOAS(A)
2020-12-24
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2020-12-08
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2020-11-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-01-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-01-03