PHILIPSON PARTNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08106374 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-14
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2024-05-29
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  4. 2024-01-17
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  5. 2022-12-13
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  6. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-06-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  8. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-25
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-03-20
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    MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Robin Hylton resigned
    director
  11. 2020-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-11
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  13. 2019-07-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2019-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  17. 2017-02-13
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    address · AD01
  18. 2016-05-24
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    MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Nicola resigned
    director
  19. 2012-10-09
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    MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Catherine Cornelia appointed
    director
  20. 2012-10-09
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    MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Nicola appointed
    director
  21. 2012-10-09
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    MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Robin Hylton appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-14
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    Company incorporated
    As PHILIPSON PARTNERS LIMITED
  23. 2012-06-14
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    MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Hylton Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 91 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 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Catherine Cornelia Murray-Philipson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1935 · age 91
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/02/2021
Mr Hylton Robert Murray-Philipson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/04/2019

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
Incorporated2012-06-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Catherine Cornelia→
director · ~91y · appointed 2012-10-09
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Active
MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Hylton Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-06-14
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Active
MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Nicola→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-10-09 · resigned 2016-05-24
Resigned
MURRAY-PHILIPSON, Robin Hylton→
director · ~99y · appointed 2012-10-09 · resigned 2020-03-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-25