GREENSHOOT INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03780702 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-01
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£230.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other credit granting n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £230,672
Net assets shrinking
Down £23,610 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
Net Worth
£231k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Current Assets
£398k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£80k£160k£240k£321k£401kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£230.7k£464.0k
Current assets£398.3k£400.8k
Cash£3.8k—
Net assets£230.7k£254.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2017-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-04-20
    ➕
    HARRISON, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  15. 2017-04-20
    ➖
    HARRISON, Susan Jane resigned
    secretary
  16. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 1999-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As GREENSHOOT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  19. 1999-06-01
    ➕
    HARRISON, David Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 1999-06-01
    ➕
    HARRISON, Susan Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-06-01
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, David Steven appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-06-01
    ➖
    MATTHEWS, David Steven resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-06-01
    ➕
    CORPORATE LEGAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1999-06-01
    ➖
    CORPORATE LEGAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Andrew Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 01/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Jane Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64929 — Other credit granting n.e.c.

Registered office

8 The Brook
8 The Brook
Saltash
PL12 6UL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HARRISON, David Andrew→
director · ~73y · appointed 1999-06-01
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Active
HARRISON, Susan Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Susan Jane→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-01 · resigned 2017-04-20
Resigned
MATTHEWS, David Steven→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-01 · resigned 1999-06-01
Resigned
CORPORATE LEGAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-06-01 · resigned 1999-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02