PLATINUM RACING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02297273 · ltd · incorporated 1988-09-15
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
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
80/100
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 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
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
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-25
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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. 2019-08-01
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  8. 2018-07-23
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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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  12. 2015-07-30
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  13. 2015-02-18
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  16. 2009-08-20
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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. 1997-12-02
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    LEONARD, Peter Allan resigned
    director
  26. 1997-03-18
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    WOODCOCK, John appointed
    director
  27. 1996-04-11
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    MACKENZIE, Colin Gordon resigned
    director
  28. 1996-03-21
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    BERNSTEIN, Jared resigned
    director
  29. 1996-03-08
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    PAYTON, Michael Andrew Hartland resigned
    director
  30. 1996-03-08
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    THOMPSON, Richard Charles resigned
    director
  31. 1988-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As PLATINUM RACING 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 38 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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PLATINUM RACING LIMITED
This company · 02297273

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
Incorporated1988-09-15
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 · 9 resigned)

DANT, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COPUS, Roy Bernard→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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
DANT, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 2000-10-25
Resigned
DAVIS, Martin Jack→
secretary · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned
BERNSTEIN, Jared→
director · ~77y · resigned 1996-03-21
Resigned
LEONARD, Peter Allan→
director · ~77y · resigned 1997-12-02
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Colin Gordon→
director · ~84y · resigned 1996-04-11
Resigned
PAYTON, Michael Andrew Hartland→
director · ~82y · resigned 1996-03-08
Resigned
THOMPSON, Richard Charles→
director · ~62y · resigned 1996-03-08
Resigned
WOODCOCK, John→
director · ~75y · appointed 1997-03-18 · resigned 1999-07-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
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2025-07-25
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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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accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
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2021-08-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
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2020-07-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-12
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2019-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-28