TERRAPINN HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
FC025227 · oversea-company · incorporated 2004-01-01
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 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 9305
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-11
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    change-person-director-overseas-company-with-change-date
    officers · OSCH03
  4. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-30
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    change-person-secretary-overseas-company-with-change-date
    officers · OSCH05
  6. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-27
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    change-company-details-overseas-company-with-change-details
    other · OSCH02
  10. 2021-07-02
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    change-person-director-overseas-company-with-change-date
    officers · OSCH03
  11. 2020-07-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2020-07-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2019-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-07
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    change-person-director-overseas-company-with-change-date
    officers · OSCH03
  16. 2018-12-19
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    termination-person-director-overseas-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · OSTM01
  17. 2018-12-19
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    appoint-person-director-overseas-company-with-name-appointment-date
    officers · OSAP01
  18. 2018-01-01
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    ROESSEN, Sharon resigned
    director
  19. 2017-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-01-01
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    WILLIS, Sean D'Anyers appointed
    director
  21. 2016-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2015-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2015-09-02
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    change-company-details-by-uk-establishment-overseas-company-with-change-details
    other · OSCH01
  24. 2014-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2013-08-01
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    accounts · AA
  26. 2012-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2012-03-06
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  28. 2012-03-06
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    annual-return-update-with-change-details
    annual-return · OSTN01-CHNG
  29. 2008-05-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  30. 2006-09-12
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    EWER, Andrew appointed
    director
  31. 2006-09-12
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    CARRADUS, Malcolm resigned
    director
  32. 2004-05-19
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    ICECAP (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    secretary
  33. 2004-05-19
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    STEEL, Alan appointed
    secretary
  34. 2004-05-19
    ➕
    HITCHEN, Gregory Douglas appointed
    director
  35. 2004-05-19
    ➕
    STEEL, Tony appointed
    director
  36. 2004-05-19
    ➕
    CARRADUS, Malcolm appointed
    director
  37. 2004-05-19
    ➕
    ROESSEN, Sharon appointed
    director
  38. 2004-01-01
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    Company incorporated
    As TERRAPINN HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated2004-01-01
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC9305 — SIC 9305

Registered office

1st Floor Osprey House
Old Street
St Helier
Jersey
JE2 3RG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

ICECAP (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-19
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Active
STEEL, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-19
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Active
EWER, Andrew→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-09-12
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Active
HITCHEN, Gregory Douglas→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-05-19
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Active
STEEL, Tony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-05-19
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Active
WILLIS, Sean D'Anyers→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-01-01
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Active
CARRADUS, Malcolm→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-05-19 · resigned 2006-09-12
Resigned
ROESSEN, Sharon→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-05-19 · resigned 2018-01-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/05/200807/07/2020

Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
change-person-director-overseas-company-with-change-date
officers · OSCH03
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
change-person-secretary-overseas-company-with-change-date
officers · OSCH05
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
change-company-details-overseas-company-with-change-details
other · OSCH02
2021-07-27
change-person-director-overseas-company-with-change-date
officers · OSCH03
2021-07-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-21
change-person-director-overseas-company-with-change-date
officers · OSCH03
2019-02-07
termination-person-director-overseas-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · OSTM01
2018-12-19