MUIRPACE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01552816 · ltd · incorporated 1981-03-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 31.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
122 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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  2. 2024-07-25
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  3. 2023-07-26
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  4. 2022-07-28
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  5. 2021-08-04
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  6. 2020-07-24
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  7. 2019-07-30
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  8. 2018-07-20
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  9. 2017-08-03
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  10. 2016-08-02
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  11. 2016-02-16
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  16. 2008-08-20
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    COPUS, Roy Bernard appointed
    director
  17. 2002-03-07
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    DANT, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-03-07
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    COPUS, Roy Bernard resigned
    secretary
  19. 2000-10-25
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    COPUS, Roy Bernard appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-10-25
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    DANT, Christopher James resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-07-28
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    WOODCOCK, John resigned
    director
  22. 1999-07-08
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    WOODWARD, Katharine Patricia appointed
    director
  23. 1998-03-31
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    DANT, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-03-31
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    DAVIS, Martin Jack resigned
    secretary
  25. 1998-03-31
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    DAVIS, Martin Jack resigned
    director
  26. 1998-03-20
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    BAXTER, Clive William resigned
    director
  27. 1996-05-01
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    LEONARD, Peter Allan resigned
    director
  28. 1996-03-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 1996-01-10
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    MEHTA, Pravin Chandra Shantilal resigned
    director
  30. 1995-12-31
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    FREWER, Martin David Barrett resigned
    director
  31. 1995-12-31
    ➖
    ROACH, Adrian John resigned
    director
  32. 1995-12-01
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    SHELLADY, Scott Wayne resigned
    director
  33. 1995-05-01
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    SHELLADY, Scott Wayne appointed
    director
  34. 1995-03-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Baltic Industrial Supply Company Limited
  35. 1994-05-16
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    MEHTA, Pravin Chandra Shantilal appointed
    director
  36. 1993-06-30
    ➖
    EGAN, Neil Christopher resigned
    director
  37. 1993-05-10
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    FREWER, Martin David Barrett appointed
    director
  38. 1991-04-30
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    FREEMAN, Frank resigned
    director
  39. 1981-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As MUIRPACE LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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.)

Group structure

Muirpace Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Muirpace Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MUIRPACE LIMITED
This company · 01552816

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
Muirpace Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1981-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Cheveley Park Stud
Duchess Drive
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 9DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

DANT, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COPUS, Roy Bernard→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-08-20
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Active
WOODWARD, Katharine Patricia→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-07-08
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Active
COPUS, Roy Bernard→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
DANT, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 2000-10-25
Resigned
DAVIS, Martin Jack→
secretary · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned
BAXTER, Clive William→
director · ~74y · resigned 1998-03-20
Resigned
DAVIS, Martin Jack→
director · ~70y · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned
EGAN, Neil Christopher→
director · ~68y · resigned 1993-06-30
Resigned
FREEMAN, Frank→
director · ~87y · resigned 1991-04-30
Resigned
FREWER, Martin David Barrett→
director · ~66y · appointed 1993-05-10 · resigned 1995-12-31
Resigned
LEONARD, Peter Allan→
director · ~77y · resigned 1996-05-01
Resigned
MEHTA, Pravin Chandra Shantilal→
director · ~86y · appointed 1994-05-16 · resigned 1996-01-10
Resigned
ROACH, Adrian John→
director · ~73y · resigned 1995-12-31
Resigned
SHELLADY, Scott Wayne→
director · ~61y · appointed 1995-05-01 · resigned 1995-12-01
Resigned
WOODCOCK, John→
director · ~75y · resigned 1999-07-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Baltic Industrial Supply Company
Baltic Industrial Supply Company Limited
Legal mortgage of shares1 property16/03/199530/03/1996

Recent filings (122 total)

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2026-02-11
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accounts · AA
2025-07-24
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2025-02-11
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2024-07-25
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2024-02-21
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2023-07-26
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2023-02-13
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2022-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
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2021-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2021-02-12
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2020-07-24
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2020-02-12
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2019-07-30
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2019-02-28