MEIOSIS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02330975 · ltd · incorporated 1988-12-23
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 35.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 35.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
48 officers (3 active, 48 linked, 41 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
230 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees0600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (105 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-01
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    BENTLEY, Frederick Antony resigned
    director
  3. 2025-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-11-27
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  6. 2023-11-27
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  7. 2023-08-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2023-08-22
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2023-08-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  10. 2023-08-21
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  11. 2023-08-21
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  12. 2023-08-21
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  13. 2023-08-21
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  14. 2023-08-21
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2023-08-21
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  16. 2023-08-18
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    WOODS, Christopher Gordon resigned
    director
  17. 2023-08-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2023-06-15
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    address · AD01
  19. 2023-05-23
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2023-05-11
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  21. 2023-05-11
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    officers · AP01
  22. 2023-05-11
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    officers · AP03
  23. 2023-05-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  24. 2023-04-11
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    WOODS, Christopher Gordon appointed
    director
  25. 2023-04-01
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    STARLING, Sandra Ellen appointed
    secretary
  26. 2023-04-01
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    ARMSTRONG, Philip appointed
    director
  27. 2023-04-01
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    STARLING, Sandra Ellen appointed
    director
  28. 2023-03-31
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    COOK, Richard James resigned
    director
  29. 2023-03-31
    ➖
    DARBY, Jeremy Richard resigned
    director
  30. 2022-11-21
    ➖
    WEARDEN, Mark Thomas resigned
    secretary
  31. 2022-10-19
    ➖
    WALPOLE, Paul Richard, Dr resigned
    director
  32. 2022-07-08
    ➖
    DUNN, Nicholas David resigned
    director
  33. 2022-02-01
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    BENTLEY, Frederick Antony appointed
    director
  34. 2022-02-01
    ➖
    COLLISON, Martin William resigned
    director
  35. 2022-02-01
    ➕
    COOK, Richard James appointed
    director
  36. 2022-02-01
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    DUNN, Nicholas David appointed
    director
  37. 2022-02-01
    ➖
    MOORHOUSE, Edwin Roland, Dr resigned
    director
  38. 2022-02-01
    ➖
    WOODS, Christopher Gordon resigned
    director
  39. 2021-09-01
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    AIDOO, Rodney resigned
    secretary
  40. 2021-09-01
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    WEARDEN, Mark Thomas appointed
    secretary
  41. 2019-10-16
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    COLLISON, Martin William appointed
    director
  42. 2019-10-16
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    MOORHOUSE, Edwin Roland, Dr appointed
    director
  43. 2017-10-30
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    DUNCALFE, Henry Arthur resigned
    director
  44. 2017-10-30
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    WOODS, Christopher Gordon appointed
    director
  45. 2017-04-12
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    WEARDEN, Mark Thomas resigned
    director
  46. 2017-01-26
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    AIDOO, Rodney appointed
    secretary
  47. 2015-12-01
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    DARBY, Jeremy Richard appointed
    director
  48. 2015-12-01
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    DUNCALFE, Henry Arthur appointed
    director
  49. 2015-12-01
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    WEARDEN, Mark Thomas appointed
    director
  50. 2015-08-13
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    DARBY, Jeremy Richard resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 105 events

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

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

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Berryplants Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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MEIOSIS LIMITED
This company · 02330975

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
Berryplants Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/08/2023
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Philip Armstrongceased 01/09/2023· 25-50% shares
  • Berryplants Limitedceased 18/08/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Frederick Antony Bentleyceased 18/08/2023· 75-100% shares
  • Nsa Plants Limitedceased 31/03/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-12-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Wills Farm Buildings Wills Lane
Newchurch
Romney Marsh
Kent
TN29 0DT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (3 active · 45 resigned)

STARLING, Sandra Ellen→
secretary · appointed 2023-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARMSTRONG, Philip→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STARLING, Sandra Ellen→
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AIDOO, Rodney→
secretary · appointed 2017-01-26 · resigned 2021-09-01
Resigned
EVANS, Margaret Winifred→
secretary · resigned 1992-11-10
Resigned
GRANT, Anthony James→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-20 · resigned 2007-09-06
Resigned
STOOKES, Susan Norma→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-10 · resigned 1998-12-20
Resigned
WEARDEN, Mark Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2021-09-01 · resigned 2022-11-21
Resigned
WEARDEN, Mark Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-06 · resigned 2008-11-28
Resigned
BENTLEY, Frederick Antony→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-02-01 · resigned 2026-02-01
Resigned
BUTLER, Sean Christopher, Dr→
director · ~71y · appointed 1995-11-08 · resigned 2000-03-01
Resigned
CHESSON, Andrew Trevor→
director · ~67y · appointed 1994-11-09 · resigned 2012-09-27
Resigned
COLLISON, Martin William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-10-16 · resigned 2022-02-01
Resigned
COOK, Richard James→
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-02-01 · resigned 2023-03-31
Resigned
CRAGG, William Harry→
director · ~105y · resigned 1996-11-06
Resigned
DARBY, Hugh Jonathan Mitchell→
director · ~97y · resigned 1998-11-04
Resigned
DARBY, Jeremy Richard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-12-01 · resigned 2023-03-31
Resigned
DARBY, Jeremy Richard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-12-13 · resigned 2015-08-13
Resigned
DARBY, Jeremy Richard→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-11-04 · resigned 2003-02-13
Resigned
DARBY, Nicholas George→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-04-07 · resigned 2008-11-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property21/08/1990—
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Recent filings (230 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-21