F.MALTBY & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00463734 · ltd · incorporated 1949-01-21

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 31.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 21200

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), 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 31.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 31.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — 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

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

Directors & officers

38 officers (7 active, 38 linked, 33 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

160 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (88 events)Click to expand

2026-06-10
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2026-06-10
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2026-06-05
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FIELDS, Mark William resigned
director
2026-06-05
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MOATE, Jane resigned
director
2026-03-17
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officers · TM01
2026-02-25
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WISTOW, Michael resigned
director
2025-12-03
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accounts · AA
2025-11-03
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officers · TM01
2025-11-03
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officers · TM01
2025-06-08
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BERRY, Nicola resigned
director
2025-06-08
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WILLS, Richard Alan resigned
director
2024-12-05
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accounts · AA
2024-06-24
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2024-06-24
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2024-06-24
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2024-06-24
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2024-06-20
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2024-06-20
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2024-06-19
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2024-06-08
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GREEN, Claire Jayne appointed
director
2024-06-08
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ROBINSON, Lesley Jayne appointed
director
2024-06-08
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WILKS, Ashley Charles appointed
director
2024-06-08
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HUGHES, Stephen Robert resigned
director
2024-06-08
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ROMNEY, Julia Anne resigned
director
2024-06-08
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SCOTT, James Francis resigned
director
2024-06-08
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WISTOW, Michael appointed
director
2023-12-08
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accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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2023-06-26
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FIELDS, Mark William appointed
director
2023-02-08
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officers · TM02
2023-01-30
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BORRILL, Michael resigned
secretary
2023-01-16
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officers · AP03
2023-01-03
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ALLEN, Robert James appointed
secretary
2022-12-02
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accounts · AA
2022-06-28
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officers · TM01
2022-06-11
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TRANTER, Margaret Williamson resigned
director
2022-04-12
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officers · AP03
2022-04-01
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BORRILL, Michael appointed
secretary
2022-04-01
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HOLMES, Andrew Charles David resigned
secretary
2022-01-01
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HOLMES, Andrew Charles David appointed
secretary
2022-01-01
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POWELL, Jane resigned
secretary
2021-12-13
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PARKER, Stuart William resigned
director
2021-12-13
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SCOTT, James Francis appointed
director
2021-11-12
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HUTCHINSON, Barbara Anne resigned
director
2020-06-08
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MALTBY, David Frank resigned
director
2020-04-06
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COWELL, David Cyril appointed
director
2020-04-02
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HALDENBY, Ian Maurice appointed
director
2019-06-10
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DOVEY, Barry resigned
director
2019-06-01
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BERRY, Nicola appointed
director
2019-06-01
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NEAL, Susan resigned
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: FIELDS, Mark William resigned 2026-06-05; MOATE, Jane resigned 2026-06-05; WISTOW, Michael resigned 2026-02-25

Group structure

Lincolnshire Co-Operative Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lincolnshire Co-Operative Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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F.MALTBY & SONS LIMITED

This company · 00463734

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
Lincolnshire Co-Operative Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1949-01-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC21200 — SIC 21200

Registered office

Stanley Bett House

15-23 Tentercroft Street

Lincoln

Lincolnshire

LN5 7DB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31