MASSEY BROS (FEEDS) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

00581091 · ltd · incorporated 1957-03-28

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£19.57M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10910

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

6 live charges · oldest 35.6y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 35.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (10 active, 17 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

128 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £19,570,961

Cash YoY

-17%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3.9m

↓ 17% YoY

Net Worth

£20m

↑ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£20m

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£21.83M	£19.72M
Current assets	£19.92M	£20.05M
Cash	£3.87M	£4.66M
Debtors	£12.70M	£11.19M
Net assets	£19.57M	£17.78M

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-07-11
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officers · AP01
2025-06-30
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MACKINSON, Ian appointed
director
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-07-01
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capital · SH03
2020-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-04-20
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capital · SH06
2020-04-06
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2019-10-21
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capital · SH03
2019-08-29
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incorporation · MA
2019-08-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-04-23
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mortgage · MR04
2019-04-23
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2018-05-08
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WARBURTON, Gerald Neil appointed
director
2018-05-08
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officers · AP01
2015-12-18
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MASSEY-FORD, Dorothy Tamaran Ardern appointed
director
2013-09-30
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JOHNSON, Michael resigned
director
2013-07-01
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STIRK, Philip Andrew appointed
director
2012-03-28
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2012-03-27
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HARPER, William Peter appointed
director
2012-03-27
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2008-08-13
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MASSEY, Gwen resigned
director
2002-12-23
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BURNHILL, Andrew John Hirst resigned
director
2002-12-23
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GRILLS, David Edmund resigned
director
2002-12-23
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THOMPSON, Philip resigned
director
2002-05-15
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MASSEY, Thomas Auldan Ardern appointed
director
2002-05-15
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BURNHILL, Andrew John Hirst appointed
director
2002-05-15
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JOHNSON, Michael appointed
director
2002-05-15
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THOMPSON, Philip appointed
director
1999-10-05
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1999-08-30
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BURGESS, Christopher David Timmis resigned
director
1995-12-21
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MASSEY, George Kynan Ardern appointed
secretary
1995-12-05
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MASSEY, Barbara Megan Hilary resigned
secretary
1994-09-12
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MASSEY, George Kynan Ardern appointed
director
1993-03-08
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1991-01-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1990-12-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1957-03-28
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Company incorporated
As MASSEY BROS (FEEDS) LTD.

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MASSEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 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 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Thomas Massey Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1957-03-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10910 — SIC 10910

Registered office

Cranage Mills,

Holmes Chapel,

Crewe,

Cheshire

CW4 8EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-03

Last: 2025-10-20