INNISFREE GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03078732 · ltd · incorporated 1995-07-12
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: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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
29 officers (5 active, 29 linked, 21 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
28 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
167 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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  2. 2024-12-12
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2022-12-14
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  5. 2021-12-18
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  6. 2020-12-18
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  7. 2019-12-11
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  8. 2018-12-18
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  9. 2017-12-22
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  10. 2017-10-02
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  11. 2017-09-30
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    KASHEM, Timothy John resigned
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  12. 2017-09-27
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  13. 2017-05-25
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  14. 2017-05-24
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  15. 2017-04-26
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    BURTON, David James appointed
    director
  16. 2017-03-31
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    BURTON, David James appointed
    secretary
  17. 2017-03-31
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    WARD, James William resigned
    secretary
  18. 2017-03-31
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  19. 2017-03-29
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  20. 2008-10-31
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    FERNANDES, Milton Anthony resigned
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  21. 2008-08-27
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    FERNANDES, Milton Anthony resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-08-27
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    WARD, James William appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-04-11
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    KASHEM, Timothy John appointed
    director
  24. 2006-04-10
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    BROOKE, Christopher Roger Ettrick resigned
    director
  25. 2006-04-10
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    CLARK, Christopher Dean resigned
    director
  26. 2006-04-10
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    PADGETT, Robert Alan resigned
    director
  27. 2006-04-10
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    PEARCE, Daniel Norton Idris, Sir resigned
    director
  28. 2006-04-10
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    ZUNZ, Jack (Gerhard Jacob), Sir resigned
    director
  29. 2005-06-28
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    CLARK, Christopher Dean appointed
    director
  30. 2005-05-31
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    BROWN, Gillian resigned
    director
  31. 2004-01-13
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    BROWN, Gillian appointed
    director
  32. 2003-05-13
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    BULL, Andrew Mark resigned
    director
  33. 2003-02-28
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    FABER, Jan resigned
    director
  34. 2002-05-28
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    FABER, Jan appointed
    director
  35. 2002-04-10
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    GREVILLE, Roger Paul resigned
    director
  36. 2000-12-05
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    GREVILLE, Roger Paul appointed
    director
  37. 2000-12-05
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    WARD, John Victor resigned
    director
  38. 1999-05-01
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    FERNANDES, Milton Anthony appointed
    secretary
  39. 1999-05-01
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    METTER, David Antony resigned
    secretary
  40. 1999-05-01
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    PEARSON, Timothy Richard resigned
    secretary
  41. 1999-05-01
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    FERNANDES, Milton Anthony appointed
    director
  42. 1998-09-07
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    WARD, John Victor appointed
    director
  43. 1998-09-07
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    WATSON, Anthony resigned
    director
  44. 1998-04-17
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    WATSON, Anthony appointed
    director
  45. 1998-04-17
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    WHALLEY, Malcolm John resigned
    director
  46. 1997-04-01
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    BULL, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  47. 1996-11-13
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    WHALLEY, Malcolm John appointed
    director
  48. 1996-11-08
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    NICHOLL, Colin James resigned
    director
  49. 1996-06-13
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    PEARSON, Timothy Richard appointed
    secretary
  50. 1996-02-05
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    PEARSON, Timothy Richard 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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 David Antony Metter
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
——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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

1st Floor, Boundary House
91-93 Charterhouse Street
London
EC1M 6HR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (5 active · 24 resigned)

BURTON, David James→
secretary · appointed 2017-03-31
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Active
BURTON, David James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-04-26
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Active
METTER, David Antony→
director · ~74y · appointed 1995-08-16
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Active
PEARSON, Timothy Richard→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-02-05
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Active
WEBBER, Matthew James→
director · ~63y · appointed 1996-01-08
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Active
FERNANDES, Milton Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-01 · resigned 2008-08-27
Resigned
HAMILTON, Joanna→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-11 · resigned 1995-08-16
Resigned
METTER, David Antony→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-16 · resigned 1999-05-01
Resigned
PEARSON, Timothy Richard→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-13 · resigned 1999-05-01
Resigned
WARD, James William→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-27 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-07-12 · resigned 1995-08-11
Resigned
BROOKE, Christopher Roger Ettrick→
director · ~95y · appointed 1995-08-16 · resigned 2006-04-10
Resigned
BROWN, Gillian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-01-13 · resigned 2005-05-31
Resigned
BULL, Andrew Mark→
director · ~73y · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 2003-05-13
Resigned
CLARK, Christopher Dean→
director · ~52y · appointed 2005-06-28 · resigned 2006-04-10
Resigned
FABER, Jan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-05-28 · resigned 2003-02-28
Resigned
FERNANDES, Milton Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-05-01 · resigned 2008-10-31
Resigned
GREVILLE, Roger Paul→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-12-05 · resigned 2002-04-10
Resigned
HAMILTON, Joanna→
director · ~61y · appointed 1995-08-11 · resigned 1995-08-16
Resigned
KASHEM, Timothy John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2017-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (167 total)

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2026-04-01
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2025-12-15
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2025-04-01
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2024-12-12
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2024-04-03
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2023-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
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2022-12-14
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2022-04-06
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2021-12-18
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2021-04-07
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2020-12-18
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2020-04-06
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2019-12-11
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2019-04-04