B. MAULE & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01579495 · ltd · incorporated 1981-08-12
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
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
121 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees101300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-03-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2026-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2026-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2026-03-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2025-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-06-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2022-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2016-02-29
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    PETRONS, Kenneth Raymond resigned
    director
  20. 2009-10-02
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    MAULE, Jacqueline Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-07-14
    ➖
    MAULE, Brian Henry resigned
    director
  22. 2004-01-01
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    MAULE, Kevin St John appointed
    director
  23. 2004-01-01
    ➕
    PARKER, Louise Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2001-04-01
    ➕
    PARKER, Louise Mary appointed
    secretary
  25. 1992-12-31
    ➖
    HART, Christopher resigned
    director
  26. 1981-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As B. MAULE & COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MAULE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Louise Mary Parker
Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Kevin St John Maule
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Louise Mary Parkerceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Kevin St John Mauleceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1981-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Hollybush Lane
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
AL3 8DG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

PARKER, Louise Mary→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAULE, Jacqueline Anne→
director · ~83y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAULE, Kevin St John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKER, Louise Mary→
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAULE, Jacqueline Anne→
secretary · resigned 2009-10-02
Resigned
HART, Christopher→
director · ~82y · resigned 1992-12-31
Resigned
MAULE, Brian Henry→
director · ~86y · resigned 2009-07-14
Resigned
PETRONS, Kenneth Raymond→
director · ~77y · resigned 2016-02-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (121 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23