ARGENTA SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03632880 · ltd · incorporated 1998-09-11

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 25.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-life insurance

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 25.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.6 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 (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

49 officers (13 active, 49 linked, 45 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

195 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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (110 events)Click to expand

2026-06-25
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2026-01-06
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officers · TM01
2025-12-31
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POWELL, Gary Alan resigned
director
2025-12-05
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officers · RP01AP01
2025-11-06
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officers · TM01
2025-11-05
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officers · AP01
2025-07-01
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WHITER, John Lindsay Pearce resigned
director
2025-06-01
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BEUTTER, Ralph Michael appointed
director
2025-05-30
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accounts · AA
2025-02-26
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WILSON, Paul appointed
director
2025-02-26
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officers · AP01
2025-01-28
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officers · CH01
2025-01-27
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officers · AP01
2024-11-27
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SAAKE, Anne-Kathrin, Ms. appointed
director
2024-11-12
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BURTON, Sarah Carol-Ann resigned
director
2024-11-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-01
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officers · AP01
2024-10-18
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PATHMA-NATHAN, Niranjan appointed
director
2024-10-18
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2024-10-17
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accounts · AA
2024-10-17
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officers · CH01
2024-10-16
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officers · CH01
2024-10-14
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officers · TM01
2024-10-11
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officers · TM01
2024-10-04
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CRAGG, Adam Brooks resigned
director
2024-08-27
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SCHAFERMEIER, Jens resigned
director
2024-05-07
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officers · AP01
2024-04-24
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GODDARD, Miriam Catherine appointed
director
2024-04-16
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officers · AP01
2024-03-19
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BAGGS, Shawn appointed
director
2023-12-21
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officers · RP04AP01
2023-11-01
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officers · AP01
2023-10-26
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accounts · AA
2023-10-17
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CRAGG, Adam Brooks appointed
director
2023-07-31
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THOMPSON, David Joseph resigned
director
2023-04-24
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BEAVER, Rosemary Frances appointed
director
2023-01-30
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MEYER, Nigel Sinclair, Mr. appointed
director
2022-12-31
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ANNANDALE, Andrew John resigned
director
2022-06-29
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GRANT, Alan Ernest resigned
director
2021-10-04
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BURFORD, Ian appointed
director
2021-06-30
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HUNT, Paul resigned
director
2021-05-07
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MAGUIRE, Ian Michael resigned
director
2020-12-09
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BURTON, Sarah Carol-Ann appointed
secretary
2020-09-10
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ROWAN, Matthew resigned
secretary
2020-09-10
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BURTON, Sarah Carol-Ann appointed
director
2020-09-10
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ROWAN, Matthew, Mr. resigned
director
2017-11-16
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GRANT, Alan Ernest appointed
director
2017-08-31
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ALTHOFF, Sven appointed
director
2017-08-31
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SCHAFERMEIER, Jens appointed
director
2017-04-16
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MUMFORD, John Edward resigned
director

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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

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

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

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Argenta Holdings Limited

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

ultimate parent

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ARGENTA SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

This company · 03632880

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
Argenta Holdings Limited 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

Incorporated1998-09-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

5th Floor 70 Gracechurch Street

London

EC3V 0XL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-17

Last: 2025-10-03