TOP UP TV EUROPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

FC027863 · oversea-company · incorporated 2006-04-26

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 15.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (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 15.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

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

Company profile

address, no SIC, incorporation date

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

26 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

11 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2020-12-05
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change-company-details-by-uk-establishment-overseas-company-with-change-details
other · OSCH01
2020-01-09
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-01-09
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-03-25
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change-company-details-by-uk-establishment-overseas-company-with-change-details
other · OSCH01
2017-03-25
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change-company-details-overseas-company-with-change-details
other · OSCH02
2011-02-23
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termination-person-director-overseas-company-with-name
officers · OSTM01
2011-01-25
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WEST, Ian Christopher resigned
director
2010-10-09
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legacy
mortgage · MG01
2010-10-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-07-23
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miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2007-10-08
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BUNTING, Timothy Brian appointed
director
2007-10-08
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CHANCE, David Christopher appointed
director
2007-10-08
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HUMBY, Nicholas Wayne appointed
director
2007-10-08
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MARKHAM, Nicholas Francis, Lord appointed
director
2007-10-08
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MOHAUPT, Herman Siegfried Jorg appointed
director
2007-10-08
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THOREN, Peter Landahl appointed
director
2007-10-08
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WEST, Ian Christopher appointed
director
2007-10-08
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
2007-10-08
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
2007-10-08
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-BCH
2007-10-08
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legacy
incorporation · BR1
2006-04-26
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Company incorporated
As TOP UP TV EUROPE 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Incorporated2006-04-26

Jurisdictionunited-kingdom

Primary SIC—

Registered office

13 Castle Street

St Helier

Jersey

JE4 5UT

Filing status

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