VERCITY HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03209169 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-07

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.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

83/100

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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

34 officers (7 active, 34 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

26 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

204 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (80 events)Click to expand

2025-10-02
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2025-06-18
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officers · TM01
2025-06-17
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JAMES, Christopher resigned
director
2025-05-09
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officers · TM01
2025-04-01
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BOURGEOIS, Donald A resigned
director
2024-10-04
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accounts · AA
2023-10-10
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accounts · AA
2023-07-13
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officers · CH01
2023-05-02
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officers · AP01
2023-03-28
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HOARE, Richard Peter appointed
director
2023-01-03
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officers · TM01
2022-12-30
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YEATMAN, Stuart David resigned
director
2022-10-10
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accounts · AA
2021-10-04
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accounts · AA
2021-04-23
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-10-13
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officers · AP01
2020-10-07
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BURTON, David James appointed
director
2020-10-02
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accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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accounts · AA
2019-09-16
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officers · AP01
2019-08-29
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officers · TM01
2019-05-31
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CROWTHER, Nicholas John Edward resigned
director
2019-05-31
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JAMES, Christopher appointed
director
2019-03-14
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officers · AP01
2019-02-28
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WOODHEAD, Michael Paul resigned
director
2019-02-28
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YEATMAN, Stuart David appointed
director
2013-10-24
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FRANCIS, Paul resigned
director
2013-04-30
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CHURCHWARD CARDIFF, Jaqueline Nicola resigned
director
2013-03-27
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WOODHEAD, Michael Paul appointed
director
2013-02-28
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BLADE, Laurence Glyn resigned
director
2012-03-31
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GREEN, Gerard Nicholas Valentine resigned
director
2011-12-31
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BARBY, Ian Christopher Simon resigned
director
2011-12-31
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COSTELLO, John Francis, Dr resigned
director
2011-06-13
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FRANCIS, Paul appointed
director
2010-10-04
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MARTIN, Louise Patricia resigned
director
2010-08-31
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O'SULLIVAN, Loraine resigned
director
2010-01-19
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MARTIN, Louise Patricia appointed
director
2009-12-04
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BOURGEOIS, Donald A appointed
director
2009-10-01
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WEBBER, Matthew James appointed
director
2009-10-01
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BOORMAN, Derek, Sir resigned
director
2009-10-01
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O'SULLIVAN, Loraine appointed
director
2008-11-01
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COSTELLO, John Francis, Dr appointed
director
2008-10-30
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WHITEHOUSE, Ian Robert resigned
director
2008-04-04
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FERNANDES, Milton Anthony resigned
director
2008-02-13
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CROWTHER, Nicholas John Edward appointed
director
2007-11-30
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MCCORMACK, Donna Lucia appointed
secretary
2007-11-30
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MCCORMACK, Donna Lucia appointed
director
2007-11-30
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CHURCHWARD CARDIFF, Jaqueline Nicola appointed
director
2007-11-27
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FINEGAN, Andrea resigned
director
2007-11-09
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WEST, Robert Stuart resigned
secretary

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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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

Innisfree M&G Ppp Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Innisfree M&G Ppp Llp

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

ultimate parent

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VERCITY HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · 03209169

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
Innisfree M&G Ppp Llp Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-06-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

8 White Oak Square

London Road

Swanley

Kent

BR8 7AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-13

Last: 2026-06-29