ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES UK PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02883177 · ltd · incorporated 1993-12-22

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

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

68 officers (11 active, 68 linked, 60 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

270 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (147 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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2025-09-29
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2024-11-19
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officers · AP01
2024-10-21
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officers · CH01
2024-10-11
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officers · CH01
2024-10-10
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FERGUSON, Gillian appointed
director
2024-10-10
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accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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2024-05-10
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2024-04-15
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officers · TM01
2024-04-09
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officers · CH01
2024-03-14
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RYAN, Liz resigned
director
2023-09-28
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accounts · AA
2023-08-23
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officers · TM01
2023-08-15
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DUNN, Donna appointed
director
2023-08-15
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officers · AP01
2023-08-14
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KEAVENEY, Paul resigned
director
2023-01-26
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officers · RP04TM01
2023-01-06
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2023-01-06
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2023-01-01
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HENDERSON, Sally appointed
director
2022-12-31
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PLUTO, Katja resigned
director
2022-10-27
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2022-10-25
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2022-10-25
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2022-10-25
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2022-10-25
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2022-10-12
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STAUNTON, Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-10-12
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DUNSTER, Amy Elizabeth resigned
director
2022-08-01
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REASON, Sam appointed
director
2022-04-14
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YONG, Derryn resigned
director
2021-11-01
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KEAVENEY, Paul appointed
director
2021-11-01
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NEWTON, Hillary resigned
director
2020-08-15
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NEWTON, Hillary appointed
director
2020-08-15
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YONG, Derryn appointed
director
2020-08-14
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MCKENNA, Thomas resigned
director
2020-08-14
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MEARNS, Graham Eric resigned
director
2020-07-01
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RYAN, Liz appointed
director
2020-06-30
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CLIFFORD, Simon John resigned
director
2020-03-20
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PLUTO, Katja appointed
director
2019-12-31
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MITCHELL, Gillian Mary Nicola resigned
director
2019-08-01
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EVANS, Neil James appointed
director
2019-04-30
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WOOD, Alan James resigned
director
2018-09-24
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DUNSTER, Amy Elizabeth appointed
director
2017-08-31
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FRESNEAU, Cecile Georgette resigned
director
2017-08-15
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CULLING, Timothy Paul appointed
director
2017-06-30
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FLEMING, Anna Marie Ellen resigned
director
2016-10-19
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FRESNEAU, Cecile Georgette appointed
director
2016-09-30
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HODGES, David Richard Neil resigned
director
2016-08-30
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SIMS, David Perrott appointed
director

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Owner dependency

70/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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

Zurich Financial Services (Ukisa) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Zurich Financial Services (Ukisa) Limited

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

ultimate parent

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ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES UK PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED

This company · 02883177

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
Zurich Financial Services (Ukisa) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Capita Trust Nominees No.1 Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated1993-12-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unity Place

1 Carfax Close

Swindon

Wiltshire

SN1 1AP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01