MBE CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02854169 · ltd · incorporated 1993-09-16

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£347.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £347,674

Net assets shrinking

Down £58,955 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£348k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£360k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	£347.7k	£406.6k
Current assets	£360.1k	£427.1k
Net assets	£347.7k	£406.6k

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

filing

• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-05-22
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address · AD01
2026-02-24
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
2024-03-08
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accounts · AA
2023-03-24
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accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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2021-03-18
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accounts · AA
2020-05-07
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2019-04-15
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accounts · AA
2018-04-30
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accounts · AA
2017-09-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-05-24
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capital · SH06
2017-05-24
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capital · SH03
2017-05-08
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officers · AP03
2017-05-08
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officers · TM01
2017-05-08
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officers · TM02
2017-04-25
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HINSON, Deborah appointed
secretary
2017-04-25
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HINSON, Deborah appointed
director
2017-04-25
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POLLARD, Maureen Mary resigned
secretary
2017-04-25
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POLLARD, Peter Trevor resigned
director
2010-07-05
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HINSON, Kevin John resigned
secretary
2010-07-05
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POLLARD, Maureen Mary appointed
secretary
2002-03-31
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ASHWORTH, Edgar resigned
director
1997-12-01
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FORSTER, David William resigned
director
1997-02-03
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ASHWORTH, Edgar appointed
director
1993-09-23
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HINSON, Kevin John appointed
director
1993-09-23
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HINSON, Kevin John appointed
secretary
1993-09-23
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-09-23
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FORSTER, David William appointed
director
1993-09-23
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POLLARD, Peter Trevor appointed
director
1993-09-23
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CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1993-09-16
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Company incorporated
As MBE CONSULTANTS LIMITED
1993-09-16
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-09-16
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CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kevin John Hinson Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Peter Trevor Pollardceased 31/03/2017· 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

Incorporated1993-09-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

60 Cannon Close

Coventry

CV4 7AS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

HINSON, Deborah→

secretary · appointed 2017-04-25

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Active

HINSON, Deborah→

director · ~62y · appointed 2017-04-25

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Active

HINSON, Kevin John→

director · ~63y · appointed 1993-09-23

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Active

HINSON, Kevin John→

secretary · appointed 1993-09-23 · resigned 2010-07-05

Resigned

POLLARD, Maureen Mary→

secretary · appointed 2010-07-05 · resigned 2017-04-25

Resigned

CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-09-16 · resigned 1993-09-23

Resigned

ASHWORTH, Edgar→

director · ~85y · appointed 1997-02-03 · resigned 2002-03-31

Resigned

FORSTER, David William→

director · ~64y · appointed 1993-09-23 · resigned 1997-12-01

Resigned

POLLARD, Peter Trevor→

director · ~72y · appointed 1993-09-23 · resigned 2017-04-25

Resigned

CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-09-16 · resigned 1993-09-23

Resigned

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