METAL FORMING MACHINERY MAKERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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00467945 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1949-04-30

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£98.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

57 officers (15 active, 57 linked, 52 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

192 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £98,225

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£98k

↑ 3.4% YoY

Current Assets

£134k

↓ 56% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£98.2k	£95.0k
Current assets	£134.4k	£304.1k
Net assets	£98.2k	£95.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (111 events)Click to expand

2025-09-17
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2025-08-18
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officers · TM01
2025-08-05
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PENN, Alan resigned
director
2025-07-10
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officers · TM01
2025-07-03
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HARTHILL, Russell James resigned
director
2025-03-12
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accounts · AA
2025-03-10
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accounts · AAMD
2025-03-07
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accounts · AAMD
2025-01-23
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officers · CH01
2025-01-21
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officers · CH01
2025-01-20
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officers · CH01
2025-01-20
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officers · CH01
2025-01-20
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officers · CH01
2024-12-20
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address · AD01
2024-09-30
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officers · TM02
2024-09-30
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officers · AP01
2024-09-30
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officers · AP01
2024-09-26
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LEE, Robert James appointed
director
2024-09-26
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MULVEY, Martin Liam appointed
director
2024-09-23
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officers · AP01
2024-09-20
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ROWELL, Darren appointed
director
2024-09-19
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LEATH, Victoria Louise appointed
secretary
2024-09-19
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officers · AP03
2024-09-18
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NEAL-SMITH, Katharine resigned
secretary
2024-09-18
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O'NEILL, Terence Peter resigned
director
2024-09-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-30
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accounts · AA
2023-04-20
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officers · TM01
2023-04-14
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POTTS, James Charles resigned
director
2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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NASH, Robert John appointed
director
2020-12-21
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TANDY, Paul James resigned
director
2020-11-27
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BARTLETT, Helen Louise appointed
director
2020-11-27
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SHEPHERD, Glen appointed
director
2020-11-27
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LOCK, Steven Raymond resigned
director
2020-05-14
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JELF, Raymond resigned
secretary
2020-05-14
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NEAL-SMITH, Katharine appointed
secretary
2019-03-01
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MOUNTNEY, Lee Michael appointed
director
2018-10-15
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HIGGINS, Charles Grainger resigned
director
2018-10-01
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HARTHILL, Russell James appointed
director
2018-06-20
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TANDY, Paul James appointed
director
2017-08-27
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JACKSON, Stephen resigned
director
2017-06-29
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DAWSON, Philip Charles appointed
director
2017-06-29
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O'NEILL, Terence Peter appointed
director
2017-06-21
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NEAL, William John resigned
director
2016-08-31
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FRANCIS, Lee Alexander resigned
director
2016-06-21
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BURTON, Michael William appointed
director
2015-06-24
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LOCK, Steven Raymond appointed
director
2014-06-18
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BASTON, Keith James resigned
director
2014-06-18
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FRANCIS, Lee Alexander appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 111 events

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

-14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: HARTHILL, Russell James resigned 2025-07-03; PENN, Alan resigned 2025-08-05

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1949-04-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

International House The Mclaren Building

46 The Priory Queensway

Birmingham

B4 7LR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-14

Last: 2025-09-30