C PRINCE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05764524 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-31
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees-300-300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2016-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As C PRINCE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    DANIELS, Melanie Jayne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    DANIELS, Melanie Jayne appointed
    director
  19. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    PRINCE, Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    ARGUS NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-03-31
    ➖
    ARGUS NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    ARGUS NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2006-03-31
    ➖
    ARGUS NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PRINCE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Melanie Jayne Daniels
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Christopher Paul Prince
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Durham House
38 Street Lane
Denby
Derbyshire
DE5 8NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DANIELS, Melanie Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DANIELS, Melanie Jayne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRINCE, Christopher Paul→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARGUS NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned
ARGUS NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-03