FRANK H. MANN (TORQUAY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00701613 · ltd · incorporated 1961-08-25

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 30.2y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 30.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

22 officers (5 active, 22 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

157 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-25	2024-10-26
Average employees	45	3500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

• 4 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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TANNER, Jason Michael resigned
director
2026-02-20
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accounts · AA
2026-02-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-18
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officers · CH01
2026-02-18
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officers · CH01
2026-02-18
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officers · CH01
2026-02-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-07-25
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accounts · AA
2025-02-18
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2024-06-07
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accounts · AA
2023-04-14
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accounts · AA
2022-02-18
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accounts · AA
2021-04-15
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accounts · AA
2020-03-05
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accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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2018-05-03
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2015-03-23
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WEARNE, Patrick Philip Ernest resigned
director
2015-02-25
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CLARKE, Anne-Marie appointed
director
2012-06-12
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MANN, Justin James resigned
director
2012-05-31
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HOWES, Janet resigned
secretary
2012-05-18
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RIVERS, Mark Andrew resigned
director
2011-04-01
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HARVEY, Simon Charles John resigned
secretary
2011-02-28
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HOWES, Janet appointed
secretary
2011-02-21
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RIVERS, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2010-07-22
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Charge satisfied #3
2010-07-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2010-07-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-01-14
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HARVEY, Simon Charles John appointed
director
2010-01-14
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SUGARMAN, Andrew John appointed
director
2010-01-14
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HARVEY, Simon Charles John appointed
secretary
2010-01-14
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EATON, Gordon Jennings resigned
director
2010-01-14
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MANN, Roger Frank resigned
director
2010-01-14
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TANNER, Jason Michael appointed
director
2010-01-14
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WEARNE, Patrick Philip Ernest appointed
director
2010-01-13
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EATON, Gordon Jennings resigned
secretary
2010-01-13
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Mark Francis Bridgman
2010-01-13
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Premier Fruits (Imports) Limited
2009-12-22
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Charge satisfied #4
2009-08-01
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GILSON, Michael Christian Paul resigned
director
2008-12-18
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Mark Bridgman
2008-05-06
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GILSON, Michael Christian Paul appointed
director
2008-04-01
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BRIDGMAN, Mark Francis appointed
director
2008-03-26
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EATON, Philip James appointed
director
2008-02-13
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MACDONALD, Duncan Oliver resigned
director
2007-09-10
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MACDONALD, Duncan Oliver appointed
director
2007-06-30
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PERRY, Derek Lindsay resigned
director
2004-01-01
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PERRY, Derek Lindsay appointed
director
2001-01-01
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MANN, Justin James appointed
director
1997-12-16
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RICE, Ian resigned
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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Premier Fruit (Imports) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Premier Fruit (Imports) Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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FRANK H. MANN (TORQUAY) LIMITED

This company · 00701613

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
Premier Fruit (Imports) Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated1961-08-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

Longpark

Newton Road

Torquay

S. Devon

TQ2 7AL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-25

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-19

Last: 2026-02-05