COMPASS PHYSIOTHERAPY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06323550 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-25
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£964
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
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
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £964

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£964
↑ 1480% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£3.2k£5.2k
Current assets£16.7k£20.1k
Net assets£964£61

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-04
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  3. 2024-10-16
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-10-15
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    EAST, Stephanie resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-10-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-10-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-12
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  9. 2022-04-22
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  10. 2021-04-14
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  11. 2019-10-25
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  12. 2018-11-08
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  13. 2017-11-08
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  14. 2016-11-07
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  15. 2015-11-05
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  16. 2015-09-15
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  17. 2007-07-31
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    FITZPATRICK, Stephanie appointed
    director
  18. 2007-07-31
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    OSWALD, Susan appointed
    director
  19. 2007-07-31
    ➕
    EAST, Stephanie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-07-31
    ➖
    TAYLOR, David Alan resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-07-31
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Ann Jaqueline resigned
    director
  22. 2007-07-31
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    TAYLOR, David Alan resigned
    director
  23. 2007-07-25
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    Company incorporated
    As COMPASS PHYSIOTHERAPY LIMITED
  24. 2007-07-25
    ➕
    TAYLOR, David Alan appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-07-25
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Ann Jaqueline appointed
    director
  26. 2007-07-25
    ➕
    TAYLOR, David Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Stephanie Fitzpatrick
Individual · English · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2016

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
Incorporated2007-07-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

91 South Road
Waterloo
Liverpool
Merseyside
L22 0LR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

FITZPATRICK, Stephanie→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALD, Susan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EAST, Stephanie→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-31 · resigned 2024-10-15
Resigned
TAYLOR, David Alan→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-25 · resigned 2007-07-31
Resigned
TAYLOR, Ann Jaqueline→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-07-25 · resigned 2007-07-31
Resigned
TAYLOR, David Alan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-07-25 · resigned 2007-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-10-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15