SUSSEX PLACE GENERAL PARTNER II LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08876823 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
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 (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
37 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£-1.6k
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-04-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-03-30
    BRIMACOMBE, John Mark appointed
    director
  11. 2019-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-09-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-09-03
    THORP, David resigned
    director
  14. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-01-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2017-01-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2014-02-05
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    Company incorporated
    As SUSSEX PLACE GENERAL PARTNER II LIMITED
  20. 2014-02-05
    GOURLAY, Richard Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2014-02-05
    TERRY, Barnaby Bruce Landen appointed
    director
  22. 2014-02-05
    GORDON, James Douglas Strachan appointed
    director
  23. 2014-02-05
    GORDON, James Douglas Strachan resigned
    director
  24. 2014-02-05
    THORP, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

Sussex Place Ventures is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sussex Place Ventures
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
SUSSEX PLACE GENERAL PARTNER II LIMITED
This company · 08876823

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
Sussex Place Ventures
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

58-60 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-10
Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRIMACOMBE, John Mark
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-03-30
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Active
GOURLAY, Richard Ian
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-02-05
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Active
TERRY, Barnaby Bruce Landen
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORDON, James Douglas Strachan
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-02-05 · resigned 2014-02-05
Resigned
THORP, David
director · ~81y · appointed 2014-02-05 · resigned 2019-09-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-04-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-06