GLOBAL RESOURCES ENGLAND LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09806551 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 64304Activities of open-ended investment companies
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-15➕JHAM, Bimal appointeddirector
- 2025-07-15➖TSAI, Chen Chang resigneddirector
- 2024-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-01➖NG, Chor Sin Thomas resigneddirector
- 2022-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-12-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-11-15➖NASH, Trevor Paul resigneddirector
- 2019-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-20➕NASH, Trevor Paul appointeddirector
- 2018-01-08🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-10-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee)
- 2015-10-29➕TSAI, Chen Chang appointeddirector
- 2015-10-02🏢Company incorporatedAs GLOBAL RESOURCES ENGLAND LIMITED
- 2015-10-02➕CHENG, Wyman Paul appointeddirector
- 2015-10-02➕NG, Chor Sin Thomas appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wyman Paul Cheng Individual · Chinese · DOB 05/1954 · age 72 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| ABERDEEN HOUSE MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 01717024 · est 1983 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 42y | — | — |
| ABLETON PROJECTS LTD→ 08550525 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED→ 01688410 · est 1982 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 43y | — | — |
| ABR FOODS LIMITED→ 00860691 · est 1965 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 60y | — | — |
| ABRDN ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ 00794936 · est 1964 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 62y | — | — |
| ABRDN GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE IV (DEESIDE) B LIMITED→ 15736752 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ABRDN INVESTMENTS (GENERAL PARTNER UK SHOPPING CENTRE FEEDER FUND LP) LIMITED→ 06014728 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| ACA PHILANTHROPY AND FUNDRAISING LTD→ 08290649 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| ACCESS INTELLIGENCE LIMITED→ 13413076 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ACCESS MEDICAL LIMITED→ 03755629 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| ACCESSPOINT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 09903087 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
6th Floor 2 London Wall Place
Barbican
London
EC2Y 5AU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
CHENG, Wyman Paul→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2015-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NASH, Trevor Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2018-04-20 · resigned 2019-11-15
NG, Chor Sin Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2015-10-02 · resigned 2023-02-01
TSAI, Chen Chang→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2015-10-29 · resigned 2025-07-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 4 properties | 04/10/2016 | 08/01/2018 |
Recent filings (38 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-08