MINSTER SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
03236417 · ltd · incorporated 1996-08-12
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: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
78 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-23
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    PARKER, Michael John resigned
    director
  3. 2026-04-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-10-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-10-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-04
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-05-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    HAIGH, Brandon appointed
    director
  18. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    HAIGH, Nigel Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    PARKER, Michael John appointed
    director
  20. 1996-08-13
    ➕
    HAIGH, Alan appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-08-13
    ➕
    HAIGH, Alan appointed
    director
  22. 1996-08-13
    ➕
    HAIGH, Glynis Mary appointed
    director
  23. 1996-08-13
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-08-13
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1996-08-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MINSTER SERVICES LTD
  26. 1996-08-12
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1996-08-12
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Haigh
Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78
50–75%
—50-75% shares17/05/2016
Mrs Glynis Mary Haigh
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/08/2025

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
Incorporated1996-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Minster House 948-952 Kingsbury
Road Erdington
Birmingham
B24 9PZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

HAIGH, Alan→
secretary · appointed 1996-08-13
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Active
HAIGH, Alan→
director · ~78y · appointed 1996-08-13
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Active
HAIGH, Brandon→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-03-01
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Active
HAIGH, Glynis Mary→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-08-13
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Active
HAIGH, Nigel Andrew→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-03-01
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-08-12 · resigned 1996-08-13
Resigned
PARKER, Michael John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2026-04-23
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-08-12 · resigned 1996-08-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-06-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24