CONSORTIUM MARITIME TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08782385 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-19
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
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
67 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-06
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-30
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    capital · SH01
  4. 2024-10-30
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    capital · SH01
  5. 2024-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-19
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    capital · SH01
  7. 2023-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2023-06-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-06-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-06-06
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-06-06
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    address · AD01
  13. 2022-09-15
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-05-06
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  15. 2021-06-14
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  16. 2021-05-13
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-02-18
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  18. 2021-02-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2016-12-09
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    EMSENS, Jacques Gaetan resigned
    director
  20. 2016-12-09
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    EMSENS, Pascal Bertrand Diane Marie resigned
    director
  21. 2015-01-20
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    EMSENS, Pascal Bertrand Diane Marie appointed
    director
  22. 2014-05-20
    ➖
    DE VARGAS MACHUCA, Tommaso Alfredo Teodoro resigned
    director
  23. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    EMSENS, Jacques Gaetan appointed
    director
  24. 2013-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As CONSORTIUM MARITIME TRADING LIMITED
  25. 2013-11-19
    ➕
    BURKE, Patrick Robert Enrico appointed
    secretary
  26. 2013-11-19
    ➕
    BURKE, Patrick Robert Enrico appointed
    director
  27. 2013-11-19
    ➕
    VAN DEN ABEELE, Philippe Jean Jacques appointed
    director
  28. 2013-11-19
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    DE VARGAS MACHUCA, Tommaso Alfredo Teodoro appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Patrick Robert Enrico Burke
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/12/2016

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
Incorporated2013-11-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

138 Southern Avenue, Command Works
Bicester Heritage
Bicester
OX27 8FY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BURKE, Patrick Robert Enrico→
secretary · appointed 2013-11-19
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Active
BURKE, Patrick Robert Enrico→
director · ~52y · appointed 2013-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VAN DEN ABEELE, Philippe Jean Jacques→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DE VARGAS MACHUCA, Tommaso Alfredo Teodoro→
director · ~52y · appointed 2013-11-19 · resigned 2014-05-20
Resigned
EMSENS, Jacques Gaetan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-05-01 · resigned 2016-12-09
Resigned
EMSENS, Pascal Bertrand Diane Marie→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-01-20 · resigned 2016-12-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-06-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-06