VERTAX WIND LTD.

🌳Matureactive
06127477 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-26
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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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.92M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,923,950

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1.9m
↑ 1.0% YoY
Current Assets
£77k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£385k£770k£1.2m£1.5m£1.9mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£1.92M£1.90M
Current assets£76.7k£77.0k
Net assets£1.92M£1.90M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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  2. 2024-11-27
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  3. 2023-11-29
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  4. 2022-11-29
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  5. 2021-11-30
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  6. 2021-05-11
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  7. 2021-02-23
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  8. 2019-11-30
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  9. 2018-10-24
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  10. 2017-11-13
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  11. 2016-11-21
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  12. 2016-03-13
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  13. 2015-11-17
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  14. 2015-03-05
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  15. 2014-11-28
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  16. 2008-07-17
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    MARSH, Paul Robert appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-07-16
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    PEACE, Steven John resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-02-27
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    HUNTER, Peter Christoph appointed
    director
  19. 2007-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As VERTAX WIND LTD.
  20. 2007-02-26
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    MARSH, Paul Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2007-02-26
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    PEACE, Steven John appointed
    director
  22. 2007-02-26
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    PEACE, Steven John appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-02-26
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    D & D SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-02-26
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    D & D SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven John Peace
Individual · English · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2007-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

Cassingray House
Pitch Place
Godalming
Surrey
GU8 6QW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MARSH, Paul Robert→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-17
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Active
HUNTER, Peter Christoph→
director · ~83y · appointed 2007-02-27
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Active
MARSH, Paul Robert→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-02-26
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Active
PEACE, Steven John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEACE, Steven John→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-26 · resigned 2008-07-16
Resigned
D & D SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-26 · resigned 2007-02-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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2025-11-28
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2025-04-24
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2024-11-27
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2024-04-11
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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2023-04-02
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accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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address · AD01
2021-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
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2021-02-23
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2020-03-10
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accounts · AA
2019-11-30