COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES PLC

🌳Matureactive

03498808 · plc · incorporated 1998-01-20

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 opening · high confidence

More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 90 → 85
· Refinance opportunity: ready → clean_up_first
· Legal friction: low → moderate

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 26.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

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

↓Hygiene score: 90 → 85
·Refinance opportunity: ready → clean_up_first
·Legal friction: low → moderate

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

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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 26.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

44 officers (5 active, 44 linked, 37 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

198 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (106 events)Click to expand

2026-06-30
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BARBER, Ralph Gordon resigned
director
2026-06-30
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officers · TM01
2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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NUGENT, David resigned
director
2024-07-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-25
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BOTHA, Llewellyn Kevan resigned
secretary
2024-01-25
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-07-01
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NUGENT, David appointed
director
2022-07-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-30
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PEARS, Christopher appointed
director
2022-06-30
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HOOD, James Terence resigned
director
2022-06-30
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MORPHEY, Richard David resigned
director
2022-06-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-06
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-12-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-10
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BOTHA, Llewellyn Kevan resigned
director
2021-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-18
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officers · AP01
2021-11-17
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PATTINSON, Jonathan Michael appointed
director
2021-09-21
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MATTHEWS, Judith Mary appointed
secretary
2021-09-21
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-07-23
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DOLBEAR, Jonathan resigned
secretary
2021-06-30
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HERFURTH, Steffen resigned
director
2019-10-18
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MORPHEY, Richard David appointed
director
2019-10-08
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HERFURTH, Steffen appointed
director
2019-07-31
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SARKAR, Nazir resigned
director
2015-12-08
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DRAKE, Martyn William resigned
director
2015-11-27
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AU, Wai-Fong appointed
director
2015-09-09
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BARBER, Ralph Gordon appointed
director
2015-08-26
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BRAITHWAITE, Philip Charles appointed
director
2015-01-21
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ARBERRY, Richard resigned
director
2015-01-21
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TREVETT, Matthew James resigned
director
2014-09-01
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HOOD, James Terence appointed
director
2014-07-31
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MILLS, Christopher Andrew resigned
director
2014-07-31
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OLDFIELD, Nicholas Stuart Robert resigned
director
2013-03-22
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MILLS, Christopher Andrew appointed
director
2012-07-19
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BRAASCH, Jochen resigned
director
2012-06-18
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ARBERRY, Richard appointed
director
2012-06-18
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TREVETT, Matthew James appointed
director
2011-07-21
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DOLBEAR, Jonathan appointed
secretary
2010-11-05
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BRAASCH, Jochen appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

Computershare Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Computershare Limited

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

ultimate parent

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COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES PLC

This company · 03498808

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
Computershare Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/10/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Computershare Investments (Uk) (No. 3) Limitedceased 21/10/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeplc

Incorporated1998-01-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

The Pavilions

Bridgwater Road

Bristol

BS13 8AE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-05

Last: 2026-06-21