CHINA GREATWALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06216247 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£262.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £262,332
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £34,889 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£262k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£269k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£70k£140k£211k£281k£351kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£269.6k£351.3k
Current assets£269.0k£350.8k
Net assets£262.3k£297.2k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-23
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    PARRISH, Sharon appointed
    director
  6. 2022-02-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-01-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-01-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-01-17
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    address · AD01
  10. 2022-01-17
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  11. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-06
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  13. 2021-09-01
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  14. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CHINA GREATWALL LIMITED
  19. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    DNA ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    PARRISH, Paul Marcus appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Paul Marcus Parrish
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting15/04/2017

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
Incorporated2007-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

Oyster Hill Forge Clay Lane
Headley
Epsom
Surrey
KT18 6JX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DNA ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-17
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Active
PARRISH, Paul Marcus→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-04-17
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Active
PARRISH, Sharon→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-02-23
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Active

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Recent filings (50 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-17
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-09-06