BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL PLC

🌳Matureactive

04189598 · plc · incorporated 2001-03-29

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Banks

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

31 officers (7 active, 31 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

157 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand

2026-06-10
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KHORSANDI, Mohammad Reza resigned
director
2026-06-10
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officers · TM01
2025-11-13
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officers · AP01
2025-10-01
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PICKIN, Charles William appointed
director
2025-07-16
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accounts · AA
2025-07-09
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officers · TM01
2025-06-30
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SWANNEY, William David Reid resigned
director
2025-04-17
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officers · TM01
2025-03-31
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ANGEL, Robert Evan Stanley resigned
director
2025-02-21
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officers · AP01
2025-01-01
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EGLINTON, Kenneth Philip appointed
director
2024-07-25
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accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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accounts · AA
2022-10-24
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HOSSEINI, Seyed Mahdi appointed
director
2022-10-24
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officers · AP01
2022-09-09
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accounts · AA
2022-04-08
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officers · TM01
2022-03-31
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AKHLAGHI FEIZASAR, Hadi resigned
director
2021-09-14
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accounts · AA
2021-07-13
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officers · TM02
2021-07-13
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officers · AP01
2021-07-01
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SWANNEY, William David Reid appointed
director
2021-04-16
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LOCK, Stephen John appointed
secretary
2021-04-16
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HARDING, Jenny resigned
secretary
2021-04-16
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officers · AP03
2020-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-16
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CROWLEY, Joseph resigned
secretary
2019-08-16
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HARDING, Jenny appointed
secretary
2019-08-16
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-08-16
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officers · AP03
2019-03-25
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ANTHONY, Julian Peter appointed
director
2019-02-28
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SWANNEY, William David Reid resigned
director
2018-12-19
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AKHLAGHI FEIZASAR, Hadi appointed
director
2018-12-12
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CHAGHAZARDY, Mohammad Kazem resigned
director
2017-11-10
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AMINI, Nina resigned
secretary
2017-10-24
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CROWLEY, Joseph appointed
secretary
2017-04-01
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ANGEL, Robert Evan Stanley appointed
director
2017-03-31
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ENGLAND, Roy resigned
director
2016-07-01
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COLEMAN, Ian appointed
director
2016-05-26
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CHAGHAZARDY, Mohammad Kazem appointed
director
2016-03-22
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AMINI, Nina appointed
secretary
2016-03-22
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BAUMANN, Anthony William resigned
secretary
2012-10-31
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HOMAYOUNI, Mohammad resigned
director
2010-03-04
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KHORSANDI, Mohammad Reza appointed
director
2009-06-30
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CONSTANT, Brian Page resigned
director
2008-10-31
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TAHERI ASHTIANI, Gholam Reza resigned
director
2007-03-26
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DERAKHSHANDEH, Ahmad resigned
director
2006-10-11
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BAUMANN, Anthony William appointed
secretary
2006-10-11
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FERNANDO, Vijay resigned
secretary
2006-01-03
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DERAKHSHANDEH, Ahmad appointed
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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

Bank Sepah Iran is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bank Sepah Iran

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL PLC

This company · 04189598

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
Bank Sepah Iran Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Typeplc

Incorporated2001-03-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64191 — Banks

Registered office

5/7 Eastcheap

London

EC3M 1JT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-17

Last: 2026-03-03