PHP GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03736985 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-19

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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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2025-03-28
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2024-03-21
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2024-03-05
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2023-04-18
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accounts · AA
2022-03-10
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2022-01-20
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officers · CH01
2021-03-10
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accounts · AA
2020-12-29
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2020-03-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-03-26
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2020-03-26
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2020-03-04
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2020-02-26
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2019-03-27
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1999-11-21
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PAYNE, Stephen Richard appointed
secretary
1999-11-21
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COOK, Michael Edward resigned
secretary
1999-11-21
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COOK, Michael Edward resigned
director
1999-04-01
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PAYNE, Andrew Francis appointed
director
1999-04-01
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PAYNE, Francis William appointed
director
1999-04-01
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PAYNE, Janet Hazel appointed
director
1999-04-01
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PAYNE, Stephen Richard appointed
director
1999-04-01
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COOK, Michael Edward appointed
secretary
1999-04-01
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JONES, Marian Ruth resigned
secretary
1999-04-01
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COOK, Michael Edward appointed
director
1999-04-01
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IN TOUCH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
1999-03-19
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Company incorporated
As PHP GROUP LIMITED
1999-03-19
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JONES, Marian Ruth appointed
secretary
1999-03-19
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IN TOUCH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Francis Payne Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	11/10/2018
Mr Stephen Richard Payne Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Francis William Payneceased 26/03/2019· 25-50% shares
Mrs Janet Hazel Payneceased 26/03/2019· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1999-03-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Oak Tree Barn

Lewes Road Scaines Hill

Blackboys

East Sussex

TN22 5JL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-02

Last: 2026-03-19