AU-PAIR INTERNATIONAL LTD.

🌳Matureactive
04510742 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-14
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
67 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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-09
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2024-08-09
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    officers · TM02
  5. 2024-07-28
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    SPEED, Julien Peter appointed
    secretary
  6. 2024-07-28
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    SPEED, Sylvia Joan resigned
    secretary
  7. 2024-03-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-01-01
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    SPEED, Julien Peter appointed
    director
  19. 2003-10-21
    ➖
    SPEED, Julien Peter resigned
    director
  20. 2002-10-19
    ➖
    SPEED, Julien Peter resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-10-19
    ➕
    SPEED, Sylvia Joan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AU-PAIR INTERNATIONAL LTD.
  23. 2002-08-14
    ➕
    SPEED, Benedicte Veronica appointed
    director
  24. 2002-08-14
    ➕
    SPEED, Julien Peter appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-08-14
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-08-14
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-08-14
    ➕
    SPEED, Julien Peter appointed
    director
  28. 2002-08-14
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-08-14
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Benedicte Veronica Speed
Individual · English · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Julien Peter Speed
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
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
Incorporated2002-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Cherry Gardens, Nouds Lane
Lynsted
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME9 0ES

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

SPEED, Julien Peter→
secretary · appointed 2024-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPEED, Benedicte Veronica→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPEED, Julien Peter→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPEED, Julien Peter→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-14 · resigned 2002-10-19
Resigned
SPEED, Sylvia Joan→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-19 · resigned 2024-07-28
Resigned
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-14 · resigned 2002-08-14
Resigned
SPEED, Julien Peter→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-08-14 · resigned 2003-10-21
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-14 · resigned 2002-08-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-08-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17