QUINTESSENTIAL WIRRAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06549597 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-31
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£125
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47510
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 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
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £125

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£125
↑ 106% YoY
Current Assets
£48k
↓ 6.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k£9k£19k£30k£40k£51kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.7k£8.8k
Current assets£47.8k£51.1k
Net assets£125£-2.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2020-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-02-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2017-01-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  13. 2016-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As QUINTESSENTIAL WIRRAL LIMITED
  17. 2008-03-31
    ➕
    ENGLAND, Ann Pauline appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-03-31
    ➕
    ENGLAND, Ann Pauline appointed
    director
  19. 2008-03-31
    ➕
    HURLEY, Sarah Catherine appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-31
    ➕
    JONES, Wendy Marie appointed
    director
  21. 2008-03-31
    ➕
    GRAEME, Paul Gordon appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-03-31
    ➖
    GRAEME, Paul Gordon resigned
    secretary
  23. 2008-03-31
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    director
  24. 2008-03-31
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Wendy Marie Jones
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47510 — SIC 47510

Registered office

2a Lake Place
Hoylake
Wirral
CH47 2DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ENGLAND, Ann Pauline→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-31
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Active
ENGLAND, Ann Pauline→
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-03-31
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Active
HURLEY, Sarah Catherine→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-03-31
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Active
JONES, Wendy Marie→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Paul Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-31 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-03-31 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—31/01/2017—
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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31