CORPORATE MERGERS LIMITED

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06173554 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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 (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 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
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£0£47k£94k£141k£188k£235kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£197.9k
Current assets—£234.5k
Net assets—£197.9k
Average employees0—

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
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2024-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2024-06-26
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  5. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2023-07-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-18
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  11. 2020-08-18
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2020-08-18
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-08-12
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    SEWARD, George appointed
    secretary
  14. 2020-08-12
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    COX, Juliette Louise resigned
    secretary
  15. 2020-08-12
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    COX, Juliette Louise resigned
    director
  16. 2020-07-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-07-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2019-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-06-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  20. 2017-03-06
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    COX, Juliette Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2012-09-27
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    COX, Juliette Louise appointed
    secretary
  22. 2012-09-27
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    SEWARD, George resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-03-21
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  24. 2007-03-21
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  25. 2007-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CORPORATE MERGERS LIMITED
  26. 2007-03-20
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    SEWARD, George appointed
    director
  27. 2007-03-20
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    SEWARD, George appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-03-20
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2007-03-20
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 George Seward
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

The Atkins Building
Lower Bond Street
Hinckley
Leicestershire
LE10 1QU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

SEWARD, George→
secretary · appointed 2020-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEWARD, George→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COX, Juliette Louise→
secretary · appointed 2012-09-27 · resigned 2020-08-12
Resigned
SEWARD, George→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-20 · resigned 2012-09-27
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-20 · resigned 2007-03-21
Resigned
COX, Juliette Louise→
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-03-06 · resigned 2020-08-12
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-20 · resigned 2007-03-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18