CURLEW OPPORTUNITIES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10444182 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-25
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£112.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £112,568
Cash draining
Cash down 42% YoY
Cash YoY
-42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£25k
↓ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£113k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£23k£45k£68k£90k£113kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Cash£25.2k£43.2k
Net assets£112.6k£112.3k

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 (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-10-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-10-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-19
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-09-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-09-04
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    FOX, Gregory Jonathan resigned
    director
  10. 2024-09-04
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    OLIVER, Paul Francis resigned
    director
  11. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-11-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2022-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-11-13
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-09-01
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    FOX, Gregory Jonathan appointed
    director
  21. 2019-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-03-08
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    ROBINSON, Brett Leigh appointed
    director
  23. 2017-11-10
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    OLIVER, Paul Francis appointed
    director
  24. 2017-11-10
    ➖
    SCOTT, Neil Simon resigned
    director
  25. 2017-08-10
    ➖
    OLIVER, Paul Francis resigned
    director
  26. 2017-07-27
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, James Stuart appointed
    director
  27. 2017-07-21
    ➕
    SCOTT, Neil Simon appointed
    director
  28. 2016-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As CURLEW OPPORTUNITIES LIMITED
  29. 2016-10-25
    ➕
    OLIVER, Paul Francis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.

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

Amigo Opportunities Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Amigo Opportunities Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CURLEW OPPORTUNITIES LIMITED
This company · 10444182

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
Amigo Opportunities Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/09/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr James Stuart Sutherlandceased 04/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Paul Francis Oliverceased 04/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2016-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

Wey Court West
Union Road
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 7PT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ROBINSON, Brett Leigh→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTHERLAND, James Stuart→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOX, Gregory Jonathan→
director · ~35y · appointed 2020-09-01 · resigned 2024-09-04
Resigned
OLIVER, Paul Francis→
director · ~71y · appointed 2017-11-10 · resigned 2024-09-04
Resigned
OLIVER, Paul Francis→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-10-25 · resigned 2017-08-10
Resigned
SCOTT, Neil Simon→
director · ~74y · appointed 2017-07-21 · resigned 2017-11-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-18