WILLIS OWEN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03283706 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
28 officers (4 active, 28 linked, 21 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
154 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 13 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-31➖DE MOOR, Graeme resigneddirector
- 2025-08-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-05-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-01📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2025-05-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-28➕TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-02-28➕BERTONI, Andrea appointeddirector
- 2025-02-28➕DAPRA, Giovanni appointeddirector
- 2025-02-28➕DE MOOR, Graeme appointeddirector
- 2024-09-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-28➖HOLLOWAY, Mark Grahame resigneddirector
- 2023-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-09-04➕HOLLOWAY, Mark Grahame appointeddirector
- 2012-09-04➖MOHER, Colman resigneddirector
- 2012-06-26➕CHAPMAN, Jason Leslie Robert appointeddirector
- 2012-06-26➖GORRIE, Frank Norman resigneddirector
- 2012-06-26➕MOHER, Colman appointeddirector
- 2012-05-18➖REESE, Deborah Louise resignedsecretary
- 2012-03-30➖PEARSON, Richard James resigneddirector
- 2011-12-21➖LEVINE, Bryan resigneddirector
- 2011-06-30➖EASTER, Alan James resigneddirector
- 2011-04-15➖LUND, Mark Joseph resigneddirector
- 2009-07-15➕REESE, Deborah Louise appointedsecretary
- 2009-07-09➖HBJGW MANCHESTER SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-07-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2009-06-29➖FIRTH, Andrew Charles resigneddirector
- 2009-04-09➕LEVINE, Bryan appointeddirector
- 2009-04-03➕EASTER, Alan James appointeddirector
- 2009-03-24➕GORRIE, Frank Norman appointeddirector
- 2009-03-20➖WARD, Nigel James resigneddirector
- 2009-01-27➖EDGE, Christopher Norman resigneddirector
- 2008-11-28➖CRAVEN, Richard James resigneddirector
- 2008-10-22➕LUND, Mark Joseph appointeddirector
- 2008-10-22➕WARD, Nigel James appointeddirector
- 2008-06-27➖COLEMAN, Peter Brian resigneddirector
- 2008-04-22➕COLEMAN, Peter Brian appointeddirector
- 2007-11-21➕FIRTH, Andrew Charles appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 74 events
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
53/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- 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
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Group structure
Mfm Holding Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Mfm Holding Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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WILLIS OWEN LIMITED
This company · 03283706
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mfm Holding Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 28/02/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Peter Michael Simonceased 28/02/2025· 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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Registered office
90-92 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9HS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26
Officers (4 active · 24 resigned)
TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2025-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BERTONI, Andrea→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CHAPMAN, Jason Leslie Robert→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2012-06-26
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DAPRA, Giovanni→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-02-28
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OWEN, Victoria Claire→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-11-26 · resigned 2003-01-22
REESE, Deborah Louise→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-07-15 · resigned 2012-05-18
SAFFER, Clive Morris→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-01-22 · resigned 2005-11-25
HBJGW MANCHESTER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-25 · resigned 2009-07-09
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-11-26 · resigned 1996-11-26
BROWN, David Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 1996-11-26 · resigned 1997-10-16
COLEMAN, Peter Brian→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2008-04-22 · resigned 2008-06-27
CRAVEN, Richard James→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2003-01-22 · resigned 2008-11-28
DE MOOR, Graeme→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2025-02-28 · resigned 2025-10-31
EASTER, Alan James→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2009-04-03 · resigned 2011-06-30
EDGE, Christopher Norman→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2005-11-25 · resigned 2009-01-27
FIRTH, Andrew Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2007-11-21 · resigned 2009-06-29
GORRIE, Frank Norman→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2009-03-24 · resigned 2012-06-26
HOLLOWAY, Mark Grahame→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2012-09-04 · resigned 2024-02-28
LEVINE, Bryan→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2009-04-09 · resigned 2011-12-21
LUND, Mark Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2008-10-22 · resigned 2011-04-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Debenture | 1 property | 22/01/2003 | 07/07/2009 |
Recent filings (154 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-01
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-05-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26