SPIRE GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03522780 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-06

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

70100Activities of head offices

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

92 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	9	800

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-10-07
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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O'DONNELL, Tracey appointed
director
2024-05-31
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BROWN, Gordon Lewis resigned
director
2024-05-31
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MURRAY, John Gordon resigned
director
2024-05-31
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officers · AP01
2024-05-31
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officers · TM01
2024-05-31
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officers · TM01
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-10-25
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officers · AP01
2023-10-12
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BROWN, Richard Charles Rogan appointed
director
2023-09-01
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officers · AP01
2023-08-25
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MURRAY, John Gordon appointed
director
2023-03-29
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officers · CH01
2023-03-29
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officers · CH01
2023-01-19
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accounts · AA
2022-03-10
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accounts · AA
2020-12-01
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accounts · AA
2019-11-25
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accounts · AA
2018-12-05
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accounts · AA
2017-09-27
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accounts · AA
2014-08-05
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SPIRE MANUFACTURING LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2013-10-22
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MURRAY, Alison Kathleen appointed
director
2013-10-22
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O'DONNELL, Peter appointed
director
2013-10-22
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SHEERAN, Angela Rogan appointed
director
2013-10-22
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JONES, Stephen Glyn resigned
director
2011-03-04
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JONES, Stephen Glyn appointed
director
2010-12-31
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POWERSTREAM SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-07-31
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SYLVESTER, Chrictopher David resigned
director
2007-02-28
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MATTHEWS AND YATES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-02-28
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POWERSTREAM SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-01-18
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SYLVESTER, Chrictopher David appointed
director
1999-01-26
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MARSH, Howard Grant resigned
director
1998-10-30
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MATTHEWS AND YATES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1998-10-30
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SPIRE HOMEWARES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1998-04-08
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INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-04-08
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SPIRE HOMEWARES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1998-04-08
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BROWN, Gordon Lewis appointed
director
1998-04-08
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MARSH, Howard Grant appointed
director
1998-04-08
➖
INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1998-03-06
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Company incorporated
As SPIRE GROUP LIMITED
1998-03-06
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INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-06
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INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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

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

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Spire Property Investments Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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SPIRE GROUP LIMITED

This company · 03522780

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
Spire Property Investments Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest	06/04/2016

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.

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360 BRICKS LTD→ 12560789 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-03-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Unit 19 Empire Close, Empire Industrial Park

Aldridge

Walsall

West Midlands

WS9 8UQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-20

Last: 2026-03-06