OCTOPUS PLATFORM HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12075773 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-28
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 6.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Security and commodity contracts dealing activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)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
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 capital
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 incorporation
- • 2 resolution
- • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-01-29📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-01-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-01-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-01-13📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-07-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2025-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-19📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2025-06-19📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2025-06-19📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2025-06-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-06-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-02-05📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-06-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-04-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-03-25➖HARVEY, David John resigneddirector
- 2024-03-25➖THORMAN, Hugo Pelham resigneddirector
- 2024-03-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-06📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-06📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-02-06📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-02-06📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2022-04-19➖HANDFIELD- JONES, Samuel resigneddirector
- 2022-04-05➕FERGUSON, David Ritchie appointeddirector
- 2021-05-07➖ROGERSON, Simon Andrew resigneddirector
- 2019-09-11➕HARVEY, David John appointeddirector
- 2019-09-11➕THORMAN, Hugo Pelham appointeddirector
- 2019-09-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Octopus Capital Limited
- 2019-06-28🏢Company incorporatedAs OCTOPUS PLATFORM HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2019-06-28➕HANDCOCK, Ruth Anna appointeddirector
- 2019-06-28➕HANDFIELD- JONES, Samuel appointeddirector
- 2019-06-28➕ROGERSON, Simon Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Octopus Capital Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Octopus Capital Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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OCTOPUS PLATFORM HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 12075773
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Octopus Capital Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 22/11/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66120 — Security and commodity contracts dealing activities
Registered office
6th Floor 33 Holborn
London
EC1N 2HT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
FERGUSON, David Ritchie→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2022-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HANDCOCK, Ruth Anna→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2019-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HANDFIELD- JONES, Samuel→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2019-06-28 · resigned 2022-04-19
HARVEY, David John→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2019-09-11 · resigned 2024-03-25
ROGERSON, Simon Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2019-06-28 · resigned 2021-05-07
THORMAN, Hugo Pelham→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2019-09-11 · resigned 2024-03-25
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Octopus Capital Octopus Capital Limited | A registered charge | — | 11/09/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (60 total)
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-04
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-01-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-13
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-01-13
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-06-19
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-06-19
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-06-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-06-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-06-06
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02