HIGH FINANCE (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04579121 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-31
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
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
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees26002700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
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  8. 2023-03-28
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  9. 2022-02-21
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  10. 2021-08-09
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  11. 2020-10-08
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  12. 2019-08-05
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  13. 2019-02-11
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  14. 2019-01-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Sonovate Limited
  15. 2018-08-16
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  16. 2018-08-10
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  17. 2018-08-10
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  18. 2018-08-08
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2017-07-31
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    SYKES, Jason resigned
    director
  20. 2016-11-01
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    BROWN, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2013-11-01
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    GALLIMORE, William John Hovell appointed
    director
  22. 2009-11-01
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    DAINTY, Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2009-05-18
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    GOODWIN, Leony resigned
    director
  24. 2009-05-18
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    GOODWIN, Patrick John resigned
    director
  25. 2005-10-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Arcadevital Limited
  26. 2004-11-01
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    ROGERS, Shaun Patrick appointed
    director
  27. 2004-11-01
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    SYKES, Jason appointed
    director
  28. 2002-10-31
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    Company incorporated
    As HIGH FINANCE (UK) LIMITED
  29. 2002-10-31
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    ROGERS, Shaun Patrick appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-10-31
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-10-31
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2002-10-31
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    GOODWIN, Leony appointed
    director
  33. 2002-10-31
    ➕
    GOODWIN, Patrick John appointed
    director
  34. 2002-10-31
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2002-10-31
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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  36. 2002-10-31
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 2002-10-31
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 high ·
1 insolvency-related filing on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2018-08-10: legacy

Group structure

Montoya Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Montoya Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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HIGH FINANCE (UK) LIMITED
This company · 04579121

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Montoya Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/10/2016
Mr Shaun Patrick Rogers
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

2 Wellesley Parade
Godstone Road
Whyteleafe
Surrey
CR3 0BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

ROGERS, Shaun Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-31
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Active
BROWN, Mark Andrew→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-11-01
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Active
DAINTY, Mark→
director · ~49y · appointed 2009-11-01
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Active
GALLIMORE, William John Hovell→
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-11-01
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Active
ROGERS, Shaun Patrick→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-11-01
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2002-10-31
Resigned
GOODWIN, Leony→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2009-05-18
Resigned
GOODWIN, Patrick John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2009-05-18
Resigned
SYKES, Jason→
director · ~48y · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2002-10-31
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2002-10-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Sonovate
Sonovate Limited
A registered charge—28/01/2019—
outstanding
Arcadevital
Arcadevital Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property31/10/2005—
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Recent filings (106 total)

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2025-10-31
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2025-07-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
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2024-07-12
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2024-07-08
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accounts · AA
2024-04-03
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2023-11-17
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2023-03-28
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2022-11-08
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2022-02-21
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