POLYMATERIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09875556 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-17
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 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 10 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
192 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
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees2433

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
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 capital
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 capital
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • 5 capital
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-07-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2026-06-30
    YEO, Zuo Yi resigned
    director
  4. 2026-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2026-04-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2026-03-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2026-03-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2026-03-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2025-09-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2025-07-31
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2025-07-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2025-07-04
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  14. 2025-07-04
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  15. 2025-05-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2025-04-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2025-04-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2025-01-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2025-01-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2025-01-13
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  21. 2025-01-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2025-01-10
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  23. 2025-01-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2025-01-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2024-10-04
    HORNE, Richard appointed
    director
  27. 2024-10-03
    DUNNE, Niall resigned
    director
  28. 2023-11-22
    YEO, Zuo Yi appointed
    director
  29. 2023-04-05
    MATTA, Sugandhi appointed
    director
  30. 2020-04-07
    BOLLAND, Marc Jan appointed
    director
  31. 2020-04-07
    DE MEVIUS, Frederic Charles Josse Mutien Ghislain appointed
    director
  32. 2020-04-07
    SUSMAN, Simon Norman appointed
    director
  33. 2018-07-01
    CHAPMAN, Graham Martyn resigned
    director
  34. 2018-02-01
    DUNNE, Niall appointed
    director
  35. 2015-12-08
    DAVY-MARTIN, Lee Philip appointed
    director
  36. 2015-12-08
    SIEFF, Jonathan David appointed
    director
  37. 2015-11-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As POLYMATERIA LIMITED
  38. 2015-11-17
    CHAPMAN, Graham Martyn appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

First Floor
5 Fleet Place
London
EC4M 7RD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (7 active · 3 resigned)

BOLLAND, Marc Jan
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-04-07
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Active
DAVY-MARTIN, Lee Philip
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-12-08
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Active
DE MEVIUS, Frederic Charles Josse Mutien Ghislain
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-04-07
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Active
HORNE, Richard
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-10-04
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Active
MATTA, Sugandhi
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-04-05
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Active
SIEFF, Jonathan David
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-12-08
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Active
SUSMAN, Simon Norman
director · ~76y · appointed 2020-04-07
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Active
CHAPMAN, Graham Martyn
director · ~85y · appointed 2015-11-17 · resigned 2018-07-01
Resigned
DUNNE, Niall
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-02-01 · resigned 2024-10-03
Resigned
YEO, Zuo Yi
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-11-22 · resigned 2026-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (192 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-06-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-31
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-17
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2025-07-04
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2025-07-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-05-22