CONVAR HOLDINGS EUROPE LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
02699712 · ltd · incorporated 1992-03-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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: medium (78/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
99 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-03-24📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2026-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2018-04-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-02-18➕STIRLING SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2000-02-18➖UNICORN NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1997-05-31➖SCHULTZ, Armand resigneddirector
- 1996-06-10➖UNICORN COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1996-06-10➕UNICORN NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1994-05-11➕SCHULTZ, Armand appointeddirector
- 1992-04-13➕HENSEL, Ralph Alexander appointeddirector
- 1992-04-13➕UNICORN COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1992-03-24🏢Company incorporatedAs CONVAR HOLDINGS EUROPE LIMITED
- 1992-03-24➕PICTON, Karen appointednominee-secretary
- 1992-03-24➕HASELDEN, Mary Elizabeth appointednominee-director
- 1992-03-21➖PICTON, Karen resignednominee-secretary
- 1992-03-21➖HASELDEN, Mary Elizabeth resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Xantec Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Xantec Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CONVAR HOLDINGS EUROPE LIMITED
This company · 02699712
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Xantec Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 24/03/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Xantec Holdings Ltdceased 01/04/2018· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Suite 131 80 Churchill Square
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4YU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
STIRLING SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2000-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HENSEL, Ralph Alexander→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1992-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PICTON, Karen→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1992-03-24 · resigned 1992-03-21
UNICORN COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1992-04-13 · resigned 1996-06-10
UNICORN NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1996-06-10 · resigned 2000-02-18
HASELDEN, Mary Elizabeth→
Resignednominee-director · ~79y · appointed 1992-03-24 · resigned 1992-03-21
SCHULTZ, Armand→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · appointed 1994-05-11 · resigned 1997-05-31
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (99 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-24
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07