CONNECT PLUS (M25) INTERMEDIATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06714713 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-03

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.9y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

40 officers (13 active, 40 linked, 37 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

121 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

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 (89 events)Click to expand

2025-10-10
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officers · AP01
2025-10-10
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officers · TM01
2025-10-08
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accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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MEE, Jane Aine appointed
director
2025-09-23
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GUYETT, Jane Elizabeth resigned
director
2025-01-17
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DEAN, Andrew appointed
director
2025-01-17
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WORTHY, Stephen Douglas resigned
director
2025-01-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-17
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officers · AP01
2024-11-13
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accounts · AA
2024-08-08
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CONLON, David George appointed
director
2024-08-08
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officers · AP01
2024-08-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-01
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KNIGHT, Richard Daniel resigned
director
2024-07-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-01
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MURRAY, Angus Alexander George appointed
director
2024-07-01
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DEAN, Andrew Maxwell resigned
director
2024-07-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
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officers · AP01
2021-12-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-09
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LOVE, Brian appointed
director
2021-12-09
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PRITCHARD, Jamie resigned
director
2021-10-05
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officers · AP01
2021-09-24
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accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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PREECE, Steven Keith appointed
director
2021-09-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-31
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BENHATTA, Abdellah resigned
director
2020-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-25
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MILLSOM, Barry Paul resigned
director
2020-06-25
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PRITCHARD, Jamie appointed
director
2019-02-21
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GORDON, John Stephen appointed
director
2019-02-21
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SKERMAN, Philip Arthur appointed
director
2019-02-21
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WORTHY, Stephen Douglas appointed
director
2018-11-19
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MCDONAGH, John resigned
director
2018-11-19
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MILLSOM, Barry Paul appointed
director
2018-09-11
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ATHANASSIOU, Sofia appointed
director
2018-08-06
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HUGHES, Derek Charles resigned
director
2018-07-31
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-04-09
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BENTLEY, Philip Michael appointed
director
2018-04-09
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RICHARDSON, Christopher Ian resigned
director
2017-04-03
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DEAN, Andrew Maxwell appointed
director
2017-04-03
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JONES, Timothy Steven resigned
director
2017-01-24
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BANNISTER, Paul Alan resigned
director
2017-01-24
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KNIGHT, Richard Daniel appointed
director
2017-01-24
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MCDONAGH, John appointed
director
2017-01-24
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THOMAS, Neil James Corfield resigned
director
2014-09-22
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GUYETT, Jane Elizabeth appointed
director

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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

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Bbde Orbital Holdings Llp

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Edge Orbital Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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CONNECT PLUS (M25) INTERMEDIATE LIMITED

This company · 06714713

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bbde Orbital Holdings Llp Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/12/2017
Edge Orbital Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	24/01/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Investments Limitedceased 21/12/2017· 25-50% shares
Skanska Infrastructure Investment Uk Limitedceased 24/01/2017· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2008-10-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Connect Plus House

St Albans Road

South Mimms

Hertfordshire

EN6 3NP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-12

Last: 2025-08-29