WME TRUSTEE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06919005 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-29
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
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
50 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-05-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-02-15
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    HOPE, Alan resigned
    director
  14. 2018-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-09-30
    ➖
    SCOTT, Ian Bennett resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-05-29
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    Company incorporated
    As WME TRUSTEE LIMITED
  19. 2009-05-29
    ➕
    BEARDWOOD, Colin Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2009-05-29
    ➕
    BOOTH, Ian Martyn appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-29
    ➕
    DAFFERN, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2009-05-29
    ➕
    SCOTT, Ian Bennett appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-05-29
    ➕
    HOPE, Alan appointed
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — 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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Wme Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Wme Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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WME TRUSTEE LIMITED
This company · 06919005

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Wme Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-05-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Coppers 24 Sudbury Road
Yoxall
Burton Upon Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 8NA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BEARDWOOD, Colin Robert→
director · ~86y · appointed 2009-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOOTH, Ian Martyn→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAFFERN, Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-05-29
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Active
SCOTT, Ian Bennett→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-29 · resigned 2013-09-30
Resigned
HOPE, Alan→
director · ~93y · appointed 2009-05-29 · resigned 2019-02-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-10