MARMAX PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01661404 · ltd · incorporated 1982-09-02
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 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

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 43.2y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees35004500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-01
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    JOHNSON, David Stanley appointed
    director
  3. 2025-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-08-31
    ➖
    ROBSHAW, Jacqueline resigned
    director
  11. 2019-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-04-01
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    DEAN, Ashley Jon appointed
    director
  14. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-10
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2018-05-10
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    Charge satisfied #3
  17. 2017-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-08-09
    ➕
    ROBSHAW, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  19. 2017-08-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2016-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2014-11-01
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    DEAN, Ashley Jon appointed
    secretary
  22. 2014-10-02
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    FICENEC, Judith Ann Surrey resigned
    director
  23. 2014-10-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lucy Jane Ficenec Murray as Security Trustee for Lucy Jane Ficenec Murray, John Paul Grant Ficenec and Judith Ann Surrey Ficenec
  24. 2014-05-15
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    WADSWORTH, John Richard resigned
    secretary
  25. 2014-05-03
    ➖
    WADSWORTH, John Richard resigned
    director
  26. 2013-06-14
    ➖
    GRANT, David Christopher Surrey resigned
    director
  27. 2012-09-30
    ➖
    DAWID, Erik resigned
    director
  28. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    GRANT, Sheelagh Margaret, Mrs. appointed
    director
  29. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    DAWID, Erik appointed
    director
  30. 2005-05-12
    ➖
    MARSHALL, Leonard George resigned
    director
  31. 2004-06-22
    ➕
    GRANT, Matthew Paul Surrey appointed
    director
  32. 2001-09-01
    ➕
    GRANT, Andrew David Surrey appointed
    director
  33. 2001-08-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  34. 1998-06-01
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Leonard George appointed
    director
  35. 1993-12-02
    ➕
    WADSWORTH, John Richard appointed
    director
  36. 1991-01-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  37. 1983-03-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  38. 1982-09-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MARMAX PRODUCTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Samuel Grant (Group) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Samuel Grant (Group) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MARMAX PRODUCTS LIMITED
This company · 01661404

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Samuel Grant (Group) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/07/2016

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-09-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Units 9-16 Tanfield Lea Industrial Estate South
Tanfield Lea
Stanley
County Durham
DH9 9QX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (6 active · 7 resigned)

DEAN, Ashley Jon→
secretary · appointed 2014-11-01
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Active
DEAN, Ashley Jon→
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-04-01
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Active
GRANT, Andrew David Surrey→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-09-01
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Active
GRANT, Matthew Paul Surrey→
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-06-22
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Active
GRANT, Sheelagh Margaret, Mrs.→
director · ~80y · appointed 2008-01-01
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Active
JOHNSON, David Stanley→
director · ~55y · appointed 2026-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WADSWORTH, John Richard→
secretary · resigned 2014-05-15
Resigned
DAWID, Erik→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-01-01 · resigned 2012-09-30
Resigned
FICENEC, Judith Ann Surrey→
director · ~83y · resigned 2014-10-02
Resigned
GRANT, David Christopher Surrey→
director · ~86y · resigned 2013-06-14
Resigned
MARSHALL, Leonard George→
director · ~86y · appointed 1998-06-01 · resigned 2005-05-12
Resigned
ROBSHAW, Jacqueline→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-08-09 · resigned 2020-08-31
Resigned
WADSWORTH, John Richard→
director · ~75y · appointed 1993-12-02 · resigned 2014-05-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lucy Jane Ficenec Murray as Security Trustee for Lucy Jane Ficenec Murray, John Paul Grant Ficenec and Judith Ann Surrey Ficenec
A registered charge1 property02/10/201410/05/2018
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property31/08/2001—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property25/03/198325/01/1991
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Recent filings (115 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-11