ELLESSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02081721 · ltd · incorporated 1986-12-08

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

36 officers (6 active, 36 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

27 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

193 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (82 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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2025-10-16
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NEWCOMBE, Richard James resigned
director
2025-10-01
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accounts · AA
2025-06-17
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officers · AP01
2025-06-02
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FIELDHOUSE, Karen appointed
director
2025-01-09
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accounts · AA01
2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2023-10-02
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accounts · AA
2023-07-05
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incorporation · MA
2023-07-05
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-03
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officers · TM01
2023-06-30
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GODDEN, Jonathan Mark resigned
director
2023-06-27
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2023-01-17
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2022-12-15
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accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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officers · TM01
2022-02-28
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HIGHFIELD, Dominique resigned
director
2021-11-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-09-13
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accounts · AA
2021-01-07
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2020-10-30
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officers · CH01
2020-10-16
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officers · AP01
2020-10-16
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2020-10-01
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PATEL, Chirag Yashvant appointed
director
2020-10-01
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GODDEN, Jonathan Mark appointed
director
2020-10-01
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HIGHFIELD, Dominique appointed
director
2020-09-30
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NURSE, Katrina Lesley resigned
director
2019-01-02
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NURSE, Katrina Lesley appointed
director
2018-12-31
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WEBBER, Paul Martin resigned
director
2017-04-03
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KOSSMANN-MORRISON, Jasmin resigned
director
2017-04-03
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NEWCOMBE, Richard James appointed
director
2017-04-03
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WEBBER, Paul Martin appointed
director
2016-12-02
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ELLERKER, Marco resigned
director
2015-09-01
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KOSSMANN-MORRISON, Jasmin appointed
director
2015-04-20
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CULLEN, Timothy Edward appointed
secretary
2015-04-20
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CAMPBELL, Patrick James resigned
secretary
2012-03-19
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ELLERKER, Marco appointed
director
2011-11-30
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NEWCOMBE, Richard James resigned
director
2008-12-31
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SINCLAIR, Jonathan Stuart resigned
director
2008-12-04
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LONG, Andrew Michael appointed
director
2008-12-04
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NEWCOMBE, Richard James appointed
director
2008-10-31
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LESLIE, Andrew Marvin resigned
director
2008-04-15
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COHEN, Warren Harvey resigned
director
2006-01-01
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COHEN, Warren Harvey appointed
director
2005-07-26
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THOMPSON, Kevin Paul resigned
director
2005-01-01
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CAMPBELL, Patrick James appointed
secretary
2005-01-01
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STEVENS, Richard Anthony resigned
secretary
2004-08-31
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THOMPSON, Kevin Paul appointed
director
2004-03-31
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SINCLAIR, Jonathan Stuart appointed
director

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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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

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

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Pentland Group Limited

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

ultimate parent

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ELLESSE LIMITED

This company · 02081721

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
Pentland Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/11/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Pentland Group Limitedceased 02/11/2021· 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

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1986-12-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

8 Manchester Square

London

W1U 3PH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01