SPRAYSURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05901597 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-10
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46610SIC 46610
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-04
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  3. 2024-04-16
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  4. 2023-05-22
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  5. 2022-05-09
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  6. 2021-01-25
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  7. 2020-03-02
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  8. 2019-05-22
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  9. 2018-04-17
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  10. 2017-04-20
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  11. 2016-04-14
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  12. 2015-09-16
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  13. 2015-05-15
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  14. 2014-09-16
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  15. 2014-04-05
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  16. 2007-02-01
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    DAY, Jacqueline Linda appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-01-31
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    O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-08-14
    ➖
    IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2006-08-14
    ➖
    PROFORM DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2006-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As SPRAYSURE LIMITED
  21. 2006-08-10
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    DAY, James Arthur appointed
    director
  22. 2006-08-10
    ➕
    DAY, Kerry James appointed
    director
  23. 2006-08-10
    ➕
    O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-08-10
    ➕
    IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-08-10
    ➕
    PROFORM DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kerry James Day
Individual · English · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2006-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

5 Winniffe Gardens
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN2 4RP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-05
Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DAY, Jacqueline Linda→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-01
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Active
DAY, James Arthur→
director · ~83y · appointed 2006-08-10
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Active
DAY, Kerry James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-08-10
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Active
O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-10 · resigned 2007-01-31
Resigned
IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-10 · resigned 2006-08-14
Resigned
PROFORM DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-08-10 · resigned 2006-08-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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2026-03-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-23
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2025-03-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
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2024-04-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
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accounts · AA
2022-05-09
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2021-08-30
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2021-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-03
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accounts · AA
2020-03-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-22