A. MARKHAM & SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01041214 · ltd · incorporated 1972-02-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 42.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 24100
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 24330SIC 24330
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
2 live charges · oldest 42.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 20 | 2000 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25➖MARKHAM, Edward Ronald resigneddirector
- 2024-09-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-09-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-09-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-20📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-09-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-05-01➖MARKHAM, Carol Rose resigneddirector
- 2014-01-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2000-01-13➕MARKHAM, Dominic Jonathan appointedsecretary
- 2000-01-13➕MARKHAM, Damian John appointeddirector
- 2000-01-13➕MARKHAM, Dominic Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2000-01-13➖MARKHAM, Edward Ronald resignedsecretary
- 1995-09-07➖MARKHAM, Margaret Lilian resigneddirector
- 1992-08-12➕MARKHAM, Carol Rose appointeddirector
- 1984-05-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1972-02-04🏢Company incorporatedAs A. MARKHAM & SONS LIMITED
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MARKHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Damian John Markham Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 19/02/2019 |
Mr Dominic Jonathan Markham Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 19/02/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Edward Ronald Markhamceased 19/02/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC24100 — SIC 24100
Registered office
1386 London Road
Leigh On Sea
Essex
SS9 2UJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
MARKHAM, Dominic Jonathan→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-01-13
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MARKHAM, Damian John→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2000-01-13
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MARKHAM, Dominic Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2000-01-13
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Active
MARKHAM, Edward Ronald→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2000-01-13
MARKHAM, Carol Rose→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 1992-08-12 · resigned 2017-05-01
MARKHAM, Edward Ronald→
Resigneddirector · ~96y · resigned 2024-09-25
MARKHAM, Margaret Lilian→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · resigned 1995-09-07
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/01/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 04/05/1984 | — |
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Recent filings (107 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27