MUIRPACE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01959515 · ltd · incorporated 1985-11-15
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 39.8y 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: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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 (93/100, 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 39.8y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 39.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
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
118 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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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  2. 2024-07-25
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  3. 2023-07-31
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  4. 2022-07-28
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  5. 2021-08-07
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  6. 2020-07-28
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  7. 2019-08-07
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  8. 2018-08-01
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  9. 2017-08-07
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  10. 2016-08-02
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  16. 2008-08-20
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    COPUS, Roy Bernard appointed
    director
  17. 2006-08-30
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2002-03-07
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    DANT, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-03-07
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    COPUS, Roy Bernard resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-10-25
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    COPUS, Roy Bernard appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-10-25
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    DANT, Christopher James resigned
    secretary
  22. 1999-07-28
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    WOODCOCK, John resigned
    director
  23. 1999-07-08
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    WOODWARD, Katharine Patricia appointed
    director
  24. 1998-04-16
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    COPUS, Roy Bernard resigned
    secretary
  25. 1998-04-16
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    DANT, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-03-31
    ➕
    COPUS, Roy Bernard appointed
    secretary
  27. 1998-03-31
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    DAVIS, Martin Jack resigned
    secretary
  28. 1998-03-20
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    BAXTER, Clive William resigned
    director
  29. 1997-11-28
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    LEONARD, Peter Allan resigned
    director
  30. 1996-11-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  31. 1996-03-08
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    THOMPSON, Richard Charles resigned
    director
  32. 1996-02-09
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    MEHTA, Pravin Chandra Shantilal resigned
    director
  33. 1994-05-16
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    MEHTA, Pravin Chandra Shantilal appointed
    director
  34. 1990-01-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  35. 1986-09-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Person or Persons for the Time Being Entered in the Register as Holders of the Stock
  36. 1985-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As MUIRPACE HOLDINGS 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 41 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

Southfield Trading (Uk) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Southfield Trading (Uk) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MUIRPACE HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 01959515

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
Southfield Trading (Uk) 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
Incorporated1985-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

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 · 9 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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COPUS, Roy Bernard→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2002-03-07
Resigned
COPUS, Roy Bernard→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 1998-04-16
Resigned
DANT, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-16 · resigned 2000-10-25
Resigned
DAVIS, Martin Jack→
secretary · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned
BAXTER, Clive William→
director · ~74y · resigned 1998-03-20
Resigned
LEONARD, Peter Allan→
director · ~77y · resigned 1997-11-28
Resigned
MEHTA, Pravin Chandra Shantilal→
director · ~86y · appointed 1994-05-16 · resigned 1996-02-09
Resigned
THOMPSON, Richard Charles→
director · ~62y · resigned 1996-03-08
Resigned
WOODCOCK, John→
director · ~75y · resigned 1999-07-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Deed of charge1 property15/11/199630/08/2006
satisfied
Person or Persons for the Time Being Entered in the Register as Holders of the Stock
Instrument1 property03/09/198629/01/1990

Recent filings (118 total)

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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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2023-07-31
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2023-02-13
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2022-07-28
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2022-02-11
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2021-08-07
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2021-02-12
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2020-07-28
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2020-02-12
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2019-08-07
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2019-02-28