8 MERUS COURT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07219262 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-11
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£1£1£2£2Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2£2
Debtors£1£1
Net assets£2£2

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-07
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-03-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-02-21
    ➕
    METCALFE, George Charles appointed
    director
  6. 2024-02-21
    ➖
    PERKINS, Andrew Fraser resigned
    director
  7. 2023-12-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-04-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-02-19
    ➕
    PERKINS, Andrew Fraser appointed
    director
  17. 2018-02-17
    ➖
    HARVEY, Peter James resigned
    director
  18. 2017-12-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-04-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  20. 2012-04-20
    ➕
    HARVEY, Peter James appointed
    director
  21. 2012-04-20
    ➖
    NAEGELI, Patrick Charles resigned
    director
  22. 2011-05-05
    ➕
    ASQUITH, Marc Nigel appointed
    secretary
  23. 2010-06-18
    ➕
    ASQUITH, Marc Nigel appointed
    director
  24. 2010-06-18
    ➖
    BOTTERILL, Roy resigned
    director
  25. 2010-06-18
    ➕
    NAEGELI, Patrick Charles appointed
    director
  26. 2010-06-18
    ➖
    HARVEY INGRAM DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  27. 2010-04-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 8 MERUS COURT LIMITED
  28. 2010-04-11
    ➕
    BOTTERILL, Roy appointed
    director
  29. 2010-04-11
    ➕
    HARVEY INGRAM DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
British Gliding Association Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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8 MERUS COURT LIMITED
This company · 07219262

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
British Gliding Association Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest06/04/2016
British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

8 Merus Court
Meridian Business Park
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ASQUITH, Marc Nigel→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASQUITH, Marc Nigel→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
METCALFE, George Charles→
director · ~73y · appointed 2024-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOTTERILL, Roy→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-04-11 · resigned 2010-06-18
Resigned
HARVEY, Peter James→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-04-20 · resigned 2018-02-17
Resigned
NAEGELI, Patrick Charles→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-06-18 · resigned 2012-04-20
Resigned
PERKINS, Andrew Fraser→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-02-19 · resigned 2024-02-21
Resigned
HARVEY INGRAM DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-04-11 · resigned 2010-06-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-05