A & J MORRISS & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02036799 · ltd · incorporated 1986-07-14

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£686.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Funeral and related activities

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.2y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 31.2 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 (84/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (7 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £686,823

Cash YoY

-35%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£36k

↓ 35% YoY

Net Worth

£687k

↑ 60% YoY

Current Assets

£411k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£753.6k	£431.9k
Current assets	£411.3k	£319.5k
Cash	£36.3k	£56.2k
Debtors	£354.7k	£251.2k
Net assets	£686.8k	£430.2k

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

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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

filings

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-12-02
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officers · AP01
2025-03-14
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WALKLING, Joseph Anthony appointed
director
2024-12-24
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accounts · AA
2023-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
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HILLER, Shelley Anne appointed
director
2021-10-08
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REDMAN, Nicholas John appointed
director
2021-10-08
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SPOONER, Mark Anthony appointed
director
2021-10-08
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officers · AP01
2021-10-08
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officers · AP01
2021-10-08
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officers · AP01
2020-12-15
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accounts · AA
2019-10-11
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address · AD01
2019-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-06
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accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2012-04-05
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WALKING, Melanie resigned
director
2008-01-11
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WALKING, Melanie appointed
director
2007-03-02
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ROWLAND, Stephen Neil Anthony appointed
secretary
2007-03-02
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ROWLAND, Stephen Neil Anthony appointed
director
2007-03-02
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ROWLAND, Robert Edward resigned
secretary
2007-03-02
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ROWLAND, David John resigned
director
2007-03-02
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ROWLAND, Robert Edward resigned
director
1995-05-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1991-06-07
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ROWLAND, Anthony Brian Arthur appointed
director
1991-06-07
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MORRISS, Jean Daphine resigned
secretary
1991-06-07
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ROWLAND, Robert Edward appointed
secretary
1991-06-07
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MORRISS, Alan Stanley resigned
director
1991-06-07
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MORRISS, Gary Alan resigned
director
1991-06-07
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MORRISS, Jean Daphine resigned
director
1991-06-07
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MORRISS, Paul Alan resigned
director
1991-06-07
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ROWLAND, David John appointed
director
1991-06-07
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ROWLAND, Robert Edward appointed
director
1986-07-14
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Company incorporated
As A & J MORRISS & SONS 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 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

Empyrea Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Empyrea Holdings Ltd

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

ultimate parent

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A & J MORRISS & SONS LIMITED

This company · 02036799

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
Empyrea Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/03/2026

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Rowland Brothers Ltdceased 31/03/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Mr Stephen Neil Anthony Rowlandceased 31/03/2017· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated1986-07-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities

Registered office

299-303 Whitehorse Road

Croydon

CR0 2HR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-26

Last: 2025-11-12