BESPOKE INDEMNITY SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
10220755 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-08
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
28 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees300300

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-10-24
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  5. 2024-10-08
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-24
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    address · AD01
  13. 2018-07-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
  14. 2018-04-12
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-04-01
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    PAULUS, Claire, Ms. appointed
    director
  16. 2018-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BESPOKE INDEMNITY SOLUTIONS LTD
  18. 2016-06-08
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    MCDONAGH, Sean Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sean Anthony Mcdonagh
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
50–75%
—board control50-75% shares · board control08/06/2016
Claire Paulus
Individual
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/06/2018

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
Incorporated2016-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Avoca House The Pavillion Business Centre
6 Kinetic Crescent
Enfield
EN3 7FJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCDONAGH, Sean Anthony→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-06-08
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Active
PAULUS, Claire, Ms.→
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-04-01
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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2024-10-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-31