MINDPLAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04714546 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-27

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (5 active, 17 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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officers · CH01
2026-05-05
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2026-03-25
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2026-03-24
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BILLINGHAM, Gemma Louise appointed
director
2026-03-24
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ROUND, Anthony John appointed
director
2026-03-24
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ROUND, Lynne Rosemary appointed
director
2026-03-24
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officers · AP01
2026-03-24
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2026-03-24
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officers · AP01
2024-07-05
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accounts · AA
2023-09-05
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accounts · AA
2022-11-04
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accounts · AA
2022-05-12
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ROUND, Alexander Anthony appointed
secretary
2022-05-12
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ROUND, Lynne Rosemary resigned
secretary
2022-05-12
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BILLINGHAM, Gemma Louise resigned
director
2022-05-12
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ROUND, Anthony John resigned
director
2022-05-12
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ROUND, Lynne Rosemary resigned
director
2022-05-12
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officers · CH03
2022-05-12
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officers · AP03
2022-05-12
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officers · TM01
2022-05-12
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officers · TM02
2022-05-12
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officers · TM01
2022-05-12
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officers · TM01
2021-12-05
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accounts · AA
2020-12-28
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accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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accounts · AA
2017-11-22
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ROUND, Anthony John appointed
director
2016-08-01
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ROUND, Alex Anthony appointed
director
2016-08-01
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BILLINGHAM, Gemma Louise appointed
director
2008-10-01
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MITCHELL, Lee Anthony resigned
director
2008-06-20
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ROUND, Lynne Rosemary appointed
director
2006-10-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2005-07-21
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ROUND, Anthony John resigned
director
2004-06-22
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MITCHELL, Lee Anthony resigned
director
2004-06-21
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ROUND, Lynne Rosemary appointed
secretary
2004-06-21
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MITCHELL, Julie Elizabeth appointed
director
2004-06-21
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MITCHELL, Julie Elizabeth resigned
director
2004-06-21
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MITCHELL, Lee Anthony appointed
director
2004-06-21
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ROUND, Anthony John appointed
director
2004-06-21
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ROUND, Lynne Rosemary appointed
director
2004-06-21
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ROUND, Lynne Rosemary resigned
director
2003-12-05
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SHAKESPEARES SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-04-04
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SHAKESPEARES SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-04-04
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MITCHELL, Lee Anthony appointed
director
2003-03-27
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Company incorporated
As MINDPLAY LIMITED
2003-03-27
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-27
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-27
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-27
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alex Anthony Round Individual · English · DOB 07/1989 · age 37	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Gemma Louise Billingham Individual · English · DOB 10/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	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

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-03-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

The Beeches

Stourbridge Road

Bridgnorth

WV15 6AQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-10

Last: 2026-03-27