CONNECT PURCHASING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08779607 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-18
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46170
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). 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
7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees8400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
    ➕
    MBAZIIRA, Elizabeth Grace appointed
    director
  3. 2025-03-31
    ➕
    MURRELL, Victoria Jane appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-12-19
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    BENDALL, Katherine Frances resigned
    director
  8. 2024-12-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-12-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-01-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-01-08
    ➕
    LAVER, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  17. 2021-01-08
    ➕
    BENDALL, Katherine Frances appointed
    director
  18. 2019-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2013-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CONNECT PURCHASING LIMITED
  23. 2013-11-18
    ➕
    HERRING, Elizabeth Jane appointed
    secretary
  24. 2013-11-18
    ➕
    HERRING, Elizabeth Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2013-11-18
    ➕
    HERRING, John Rowland appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Rowland Herring
Individual · British · DOB 08/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Jane Herring
Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Sarah Louise Laver
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Katherine Frances Bendallceased 19/12/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2013-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46170 — SIC 46170

Registered office

4-5 Hithercroft Court
Lupton Road
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 9BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (6 active · 1 resigned)

HERRING, Elizabeth Jane→
secretary · appointed 2013-11-18
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Active
HERRING, Elizabeth Jane→
director · ~82y · appointed 2013-11-18
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Active
HERRING, John Rowland→
director · ~84y · appointed 2013-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAVER, Sarah Louise→
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MBAZIIRA, Elizabeth Grace→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-03-31
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Active
MURRELL, Victoria Jane→
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-03-31
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Active
BENDALL, Katherine Frances→
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-01-08 · resigned 2024-12-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-26