13 MARINE SQUARE (BRIGHTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02756880 · ltd · incorporated 1992-10-19

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 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

23 officers (7 active, 23 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-24	2024-03-24

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2025-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-01-26
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-01-25
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LANGRIDGE, Calvin Richard appointed
secretary
2025-01-25
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SMITH, Susanne Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
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JACKSON, Penelope appointed
director
2024-02-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-15
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BRICAULT, Colette Louise Marie Therese resigned
director
2022-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-17
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PURNELL, Claire Joanna appointed
director
2020-10-17
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SMITH, Susanne Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-10-17
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WATKINS, Rhodri John appointed
director
2020-10-17
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SMITH, Susanne Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2020-02-28
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KEILL, Linda resigned
secretary
2020-02-28
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KEILL, Linda resigned
director
2019-02-04
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KEENAN, Andrea resigned
director
2018-07-19
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ESCOTT, Nicola Mary resigned
director
2014-01-01
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KEILL, Linda appointed
secretary
2013-12-31
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ESCOTT, Nicola Mary resigned
secretary
2013-10-05
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BRICAULT, Colette Louise Marie Therese appointed
director
2013-08-08
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KEENAN, Andrea appointed
director
2012-10-06
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MCMULLEN, Kathleen Wendy, Dr. appointed
director
2012-10-06
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ESCOTT, Nicola Mary appointed
secretary
2012-10-06
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ESCOTT, Nicola Mary appointed
director
2012-10-06
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KEILL, Linda appointed
director
2011-12-09
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O'SULLIVAN, Sheila Ann resigned
secretary
2011-12-09
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O'SULLIVAN, Sheila Ann resigned
director
2009-01-23
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MURPHY, Kevin resigned
secretary
2009-01-23
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O'SULLIVAN, Sheila Ann appointed
secretary
2009-01-23
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MURPHY, Kevin resigned
director
2009-01-23
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O'SULLIVAN, Sheila Ann appointed
director
2006-11-20
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LATTIN, Susan Wendy resigned
secretary
2006-11-20
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MURPHY, Kevin appointed
secretary
2006-11-20
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LATTIN, Susan Wendy resigned
director
2005-10-05
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LATTIN, Paul David resigned
director
2005-08-01
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LANGRIDGE, Calvin Richard appointed
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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1992-10-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

47 Queens Park Terrace

Brighton

BN2 9YB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-24

Last made up to: 2025-03-24

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-06

Last: 2025-10-23