PETER LOVESEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03883709 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-25
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 Nov 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-04-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-04-10
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    LOVESEY, Peter, Estate Of resigned
    director
  6. 2024-10-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-10-09
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    LOVESEY, Philip Lear resigned
    director
  8. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-07-09
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    capital · SH01
  10. 2023-05-12
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  11. 2023-01-29
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-01-25
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-01-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-01-04
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    LOVESEY, Kathleen Ruth appointed
    director
  15. 2023-01-04
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    LOVESEY, Philip Lear appointed
    director
  16. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2007-02-01
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    LOVESEY, Jacqueline Ruth appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-02-01
    ➖
    O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick resigned
    secretary
  23. 2000-02-29
    ➕
    LOVESEY, Jacqueline Ruth appointed
    director
  24. 1999-11-29
    ➕
    O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick appointed
    secretary
  25. 1999-11-29
    ➖
    IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1999-11-29
    ➕
    LOVESEY, Peter, Estate Of appointed
    director
  27. 1999-11-29
    ➖
    IMC CORPORATE NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  28. 1999-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As PETER LOVESEY LIMITED
  29. 1999-11-25
    ➕
    IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1999-11-25
    ➕
    IMC CORPORATE NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LOVESEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — 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 90 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 26 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jacqueline Ruth Lovesey
Individual · British · DOB 06/1936 · age 90
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Estate Of Peter Loveseyceased 09/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1999-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

The Poplars, Bridge Street
Brigg
South Humberside
DN20 8NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LOVESEY, Jacqueline Ruth→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOVESEY, Jacqueline Ruth→
director · ~90y · appointed 2000-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOVESEY, Kathleen Ruth→
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-29 · resigned 2007-02-01
Resigned
IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-11-25 · resigned 1999-11-29
Resigned
LOVESEY, Peter, Estate Of→
director · ~90y · appointed 1999-11-29 · resigned 2025-04-10
Resigned
LOVESEY, Philip Lear→
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-01-04 · resigned 2024-10-09
Resigned
IMC CORPORATE NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-11-25 · resigned 1999-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-26