METHANUM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09908418 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 8.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Total assets | — | £74.5k |
| Current assets | — | £120.7k |
| Net assets | — | £1.42M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-03📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2025-04-03📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-04-01➕HAWKSMOOR PARTNERS LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-04-01➖MAY, Graham Philip resignedsecretary
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-12-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-12-12📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-12-08📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-12-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-12-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-01➖ROBERTS, Michael William resigneddirector
- 2023-12-01➖WINTER, Paul Anthony resigneddirector
- 2023-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-04-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-11-01➕BULLEN, Dean Peter appointeddirector
- 2020-11-01➖VERNAU, Andrew Michael resigneddirector
- 2019-12-31➕GILES, Tracy Jane appointeddirector
- 2019-12-31➖GERRARD, Philip Neil resigneddirector
- 2018-08-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Privilege Project Finance Limited
- 2018-03-01➕WINTER, Paul Anthony appointeddirector
- 2017-11-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Privilege Project Finance Limited
- 2017-06-13➕LLOYD, James Robert appointeddirector
- 2017-06-13➕ROBERTS, Michael William appointeddirector
- 2016-10-01➕VERNAU, Andrew Michael appointeddirector
- 2015-12-24➕MAY, Graham Philip appointedsecretary
- 2015-12-09🏢Company incorporatedAs METHANUM LIMITED
- 2015-12-09➕GERRARD, Philip Neil appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Privilege Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Privilege Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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METHANUM LIMITED
This company · 09908418
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Privilege Investments Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 02/11/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Biowatt Biogas Limitedceased 01/12/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Craig Reevesceased 02/11/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64921 — Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors
Registered office
The Old School High Street
Stretham
Ely
CB6 3LD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08
Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)
HAWKSMOOR PARTNERS LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BULLEN, Dean Peter→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-11-01
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GILES, Tracy Jane→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2019-12-31
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LLOYD, James Robert→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2017-06-13
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MAY, Graham Philip→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2015-12-24 · resigned 2025-04-01
GERRARD, Philip Neil→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2015-12-09 · resigned 2019-12-31
ROBERTS, Michael William→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2017-06-13 · resigned 2023-12-01
VERNAU, Andrew Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2016-10-01 · resigned 2020-11-01
WINTER, Paul Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2018-03-01 · resigned 2023-12-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Privilege Project Finance Privilege Project Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 06/08/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Privilege Project Finance Privilege Project Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 02/11/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-04-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-12-12
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-12-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-07