EURO DEFI UK AND IRELAND LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02610813 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1991-05-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
24 officers (2 active, 24 linked, 20 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
137 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (61 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-06-28
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  5. 2022-05-17
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  6. 2022-05-12
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  7. 2021-12-16
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  9. 2021-12-14
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  10. 2021-12-14
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  11. 2021-06-29
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  12. 2020-10-05
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  13. 2020-10-05
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  14. 2020-06-26
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  15. 2019-06-28
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  16. 2018-06-27
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  17. 2015-05-18
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    GRAY, Simon resigned
    director
  18. 2010-08-09
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    BURSACK, Graeme Philip resigned
    director
  19. 2009-10-01
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    AMERSHAM CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2009-09-30
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    HART, Suzanne Christian resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-10-10
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    SHIPLEY, Andrew Mark resigned
    director
  22. 2008-05-21
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    POVAH, David Glyn resigned
    director
  23. 2007-09-18
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    BURSACK, Graeme Philip appointed
    director
  24. 2007-09-18
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    GRAY, Simon appointed
    director
  25. 2007-09-18
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    HENTON, Roger Gordon resigned
    director
  26. 2007-09-18
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    PHILLIPS, Larry Michael resigned
    director
  27. 2006-05-29
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    HART, Suzanne Christian appointed
    secretary
  28. 2006-05-29
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2006-01-10
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    HOUGHTON, Stephen Paul, Mr. resigned
    director
  30. 2005-12-24
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    COMPTON, Anne resigned
    director
  31. 2005-12-24
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    KNIGHT, Richard Henry resigned
    director
  32. 2005-10-18
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    PETERS, Martin resigned
    director
  33. 2004-06-28
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    CARTER, James Andrew resigned
    director
  34. 2004-06-28
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    SHIPLEY, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  35. 2002-04-11
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    COMPTON, Anne appointed
    director
  36. 2002-04-11
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    KNIGHT, Richard Henry appointed
    director
  37. 2002-04-11
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    ORR, Patrick Neale resigned
    director
  38. 2000-09-30
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    BARTOLOMEW, John Alan resigned
    director
  39. 1999-12-13
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    GENTLE, Brian Raymond resigned
    director
  40. 1999-11-02
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    HOUGHTON, Stephen Paul, Mr. appointed
    director
  41. 1999-06-08
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    ORR, Patrick Neale appointed
    director
  42. 1997-03-25
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    PETERS, Martin appointed
    director
  43. 1996-12-11
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    GRANT, Stephen Paul, Mr. appointed
    director
  44. 1996-12-11
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    BARTOLOMEW, John Alan appointed
    director
  45. 1996-12-11
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    CARTER, James Andrew appointed
    director
  46. 1996-12-11
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    PHILLIPS, Larry Michael appointed
    director
  47. 1996-10-09
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    STROH, Christopher Toby resigned
    director
  48. 1995-06-08
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    MATHESON, David Torquil resigned
    director
  49. 1994-12-08
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    TRAN-THIET, Jean Paul, Monsieur resigned
    director
  50. 1994-09-20
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    MATHESON, David Torquil appointed
    director
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Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Stephen Paul Grant
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1991-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

C/O Azets Burnham Yard
London End
Beaconsfield
Bucks
HP9 2JH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15

Officers (2 active · 22 resigned)

AMERSHAM CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-10-01
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Active
GRANT, Stephen Paul, Mr.→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Suzanne Christian→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-29 · resigned 2009-09-30
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-05-15 · resigned 1993-05-15
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · resigned 2006-05-29
Resigned
BARTOLOMEW, John Alan→
director · ~77y · appointed 1996-12-11 · resigned 2000-09-30
Resigned
BURSACK, Graeme Philip→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-09-18 · resigned 2010-08-09
Resigned
CARTER, James Andrew→
director · ~70y · appointed 1996-12-11 · resigned 2004-06-28
Resigned
COMPTON, Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2005-12-24
Resigned
GENTLE, Brian Raymond→
director · ~84y · appointed 1991-05-15 · resigned 1999-12-13
Resigned
GRAY, Simon→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-09-18 · resigned 2015-05-18
Resigned
HENTON, Roger Gordon→
director · ~86y · appointed 1991-05-15 · resigned 2007-09-18
Resigned
HOUGHTON, Stephen Paul, Mr.→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-11-02 · resigned 2006-01-10
Resigned
KNIGHT, Richard Henry→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2005-12-24
Resigned
LOWER, Richard Gilbert→
director · ~84y · appointed 1991-05-15 · resigned 1993-05-06
Resigned
MATHESON, David Torquil→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-09-20 · resigned 1995-06-08
Resigned
ORR, Patrick Neale→
director · ~59y · appointed 1999-06-08 · resigned 2002-04-11
Resigned
PETERS, Martin→
director · ~91y · appointed 1997-03-25 · resigned 2005-10-18
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Larry Michael→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-12-11 · resigned 2007-09-18
Resigned
POVAH, David Glyn→
director · ~82y · appointed 1991-05-15 · resigned 2008-05-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (137 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-16
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-12-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-14