EASTGATE FINANCIAL SERVICES (EXETER) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05662934 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-28
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£74.5k
book net assets
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
Asset-holding vehicle 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
64 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £74,499
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,400 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£74k
↓ 6.8% YoY
Current Assets
£104k
↓ 6.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£22k£45k£67k£89k£111kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£74.5k£79.9k
Current assets£104.5k£111.4k
Net assets£74.5k£79.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-05
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  2. 2025-12-18
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  3. 2025-06-01
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  4. 2024-07-05
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  5. 2023-06-04
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  6. 2022-06-13
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  7. 2021-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  8. 2021-09-29
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    TRURAN, Sanjana resigned
    director
  9. 2021-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2020-07-17
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  11. 2019-07-11
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  12. 2018-07-24
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  13. 2017-07-26
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  14. 2016-07-13
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  15. 2016-01-07
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  16. 2015-11-07
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  17. 2015-11-01
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    BAMBER, Norman resigned
    director
  18. 2015-11-01
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    TRURAN, Sanjana appointed
    director
  19. 2006-08-15
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    BLAKE, Adrian Philip appointed
    director
  20. 2005-12-28
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    Company incorporated
    As EASTGATE FINANCIAL SERVICES (EXETER) LIMITED
  21. 2005-12-28
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    CARNE, Roger Percy appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-12-28
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    CARNE, Roger Percy appointed
    director
  23. 2005-12-28
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-12-28
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-12-28
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    BAMBER, Norman appointed
    director
  26. 2005-12-28
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2005-12-28
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-12-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Melrose House Pynes Hill
Rydon Lane
Exeter
EX2 5AZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

CARNE, Roger Percy→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKE, Adrian Philip→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARNE, Roger Percy→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-12-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-12-28 · resigned 2005-12-28
Resigned
BAMBER, Norman→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-12-28 · resigned 2015-11-01
Resigned
TRURAN, Sanjana→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-11-01 · resigned 2021-09-29
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-12-28 · resigned 2005-12-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-17