WORLD SUGAR RESEARCH ORGANISATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01355487 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1978-03-02

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

£515.3k

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

53 officers (16 active, 53 linked, 48 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

199 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Strong revenue growth

Turnover up 18% YoY

Turnover YoY

+18%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	£515.3k	£435.9k
Gross profit	£515.3k	£435.9k
Operating profit	£19.3k	£-29.7k
Average employees	300	400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (110 events)Click to expand

2026-05-22
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officers · TM01
2026-05-18
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IRAGORRI, Mauricio resigned
director
2025-12-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-08
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officers · CH01
2025-12-08
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officers · AP03
2025-12-01
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SHEA, Sarah Louise appointed
secretary
2025-12-01
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VAN BAKEL, Maikel Petrus Martinus Gerardus appointed
director
2025-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-12
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SEOANE, Carlos Jorge appointed
director
2025-06-12
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JASSO TORRES, Humberto resigned
director
2025-06-12
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MESTERS, Paul Paulus Hubertus Joseph resigned
director
2024-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
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officers · AP01
2024-06-20
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LEDUCQ, Olivier appointed
director
2024-03-22
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officers · AP01
2024-03-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-18
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PACKER, Keith Richard appointed
director
2024-03-18
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KENWARD, Paul Robert resigned
director
2023-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-07
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officers · AP01
2023-06-27
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GREGORY, Paul Edward appointed
director
2023-06-27
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DUIGNAN, Bernard William resigned
director
2023-02-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-26
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CARR, Mark Ian, Dr resigned
director
2022-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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KENWARD, Paul Robert appointed
director
2022-07-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-01
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WALTON, Michael Wayne appointed
director
2022-04-01
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HOLLIDAY, John Wesley resigned
director
2022-04-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-07-02
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PÖRKSEN, Niels Heinrich, Dr appointed
director
2020-07-02
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DE SOUSA, Eduardo Luis Leao resigned
director
2020-07-02
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IRAGORRI, Mauricio appointed
director
2020-02-05
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HEER, Wolfgang Helmut resigned
director
2019-06-06
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DUIGNAN, Bernard William appointed
director
2019-06-06
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HOLLIDAY, John Wesley appointed
director
2019-05-17
➖
ROBERTS, Richard resigned
director
2019-03-19
➖
TRIKAM, Mukesh Kalidas resigned
director
2019-03-07
➖
RE, Roberta, Dr resigned
secretary
2019-03-07
➖
RE, Roberta, Dr resigned
director
2019-01-01
➕
SCHAUPP, Michael Werner appointed
director
2018-12-31
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SCHÖNEBERG, Uwe Siegfried resigned
director
2018-04-12
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HERRERA, Diego appointed
director
2017-12-02
➕
GORISSEN, Lars, Dr appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 110 events

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

-15 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: IRAGORRI, Mauricio resigned 2026-05-18; JASSO TORRES, Humberto resigned 2025-06-12; MESTERS, Paul Paulus Hubertus Joseph resigned 2025-06-12

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1978-03-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

Salisbury House

Station Road

Cambridge

CB1 2LA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-25

Last: 2025-06-11