ESSENTIA PROTEIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00946600 · ltd · incorporated 1969-01-23

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 43.9y

45/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 43.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

148 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £2,779,414

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£2.78M	—
Total assets	—	£6.81M
Current assets	—	£6.41M
Cash	—	£188.3k
Debtors	—	£3.57M
Net assets	—	£5.95M
Average employees	47	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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2024-09-27
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accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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officers · AP01
2024-03-25
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officers · TM01
2024-03-20
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HANSEN, Thorbjørn Ueland appointed
director
2024-03-20
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HALD-CHRISTENSEN, Vilhelm resigned
director
2023-09-26
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accounts · AA
2022-02-25
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accounts · AA
2021-07-28
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BRISTOW-MCGHEE, Rachel Mary appointed
secretary
2021-07-28
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CLARK, Lynn resigned
secretary
2021-07-28
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officers · AP03
2021-07-28
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-10
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accounts · AA
2018-03-23
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accounts · AA
2017-09-15
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accounts · AA
2016-07-12
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auditors · AUD
2016-07-04
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auditors · AUD
2016-03-14
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COOKE, Thomas Gregory appointed
director
2009-06-25
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PEDERSEN, Jens Peder resigned
director
2008-04-15
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CLARK, Lynn appointed
secretary
2008-04-15
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PARNELL, Richard resigned
secretary
2006-12-04
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PARNELL, Richard appointed
secretary
2006-12-04
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SLATER, Rosemary Joy resigned
secretary
2006-12-04
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SLATER, Rosemary Joy resigned
director
2005-11-29
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JACOBSEN, Asger appointed
director
2005-11-29
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PARNELL, Richard appointed
director
2005-11-29
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SLATER, Rosemary Joy appointed
director
2004-05-07
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2004-03-30
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Charge satisfied #2
2004-01-22
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2004-01-15
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Charge satisfied #4
2002-02-01
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WHILEY, Graham Leonard appointed
director
2001-11-29
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PEDERSEN, Niels Aage resigned
director
2001-11-09
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HEAL, Stephen John resigned
director
2000-02-25
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HEAL, Stephen John appointed
director
1999-08-24
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PEDERSEN, Jens Peder appointed
director
1998-11-13
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HOLLINGSWORTH, Peter resigned
director
1997-04-29
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KROGH, Svend resigned
director
1997-04-29
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PEDERSEN, Niels Aage appointed
director
1994-08-09
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Charge satisfied #3
1994-04-19
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1989-10-30
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Nykcredit
1984-10-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1982-07-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank LTD
1969-01-23
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Company incorporated
As ESSENTIA PROTEIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Lgi Denmark Aps is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lgi Denmark Aps

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ESSENTIA PROTEIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

This company · 00946600

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lgi Denmark Aps Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1969-01-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

Units 10 & 11 Ramsay Road

Barnfield Industrial Estate

Tipton

West Midlands

DY4 9DU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-01

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-18

Last: 2025-11-04