19 MACKLIN STREET MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-16📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-11-12📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-05-20➕BAKER, Edward appointedsecretary
- 2013-05-20➕BAKER, Edward William appointeddirector
- 2013-05-20➖MCKEOWN, Sharon, Dr resignedsecretary
- 2013-05-20➖MCKEOWN, Sharon, Dr resigneddirector
- 2010-10-14➕MCKEOWN, Sharon, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2010-10-14➖MERNA, Bernard Shaun resignedsecretary
- 2010-10-14➕MCKEOWN, Sharon, Dr appointeddirector
- 2010-10-14➖MERNA, Bernard Shaun resigneddirector
- 2006-06-28➕MERNA, Bernard Shaun appointedsecretary
- 2006-06-21➖FISCHER, Michael resignedsecretary
- 2006-06-21➖FISCHER, Michael resigneddirector
- 2006-06-20➕TAVERNER, Deborah, Dr appointeddirector
- 2001-01-17➕FISCHER, Michael appointedsecretary
- 2001-01-17➕FISCHER, Michael appointeddirector
- 2000-10-17➖SIBSON, David resignedsecretary
- 1999-08-13➖PRITCHARD, Robert David resigneddirector
- 1998-09-28➖MERNA, Bernard Shaun resignedsecretary
- 1998-09-28➕SIBSON, David appointedsecretary
- 1997-04-24➕MERNA, Bernard Shaun appointeddirector
- 1995-12-01➕MERNA, Bernard Shaun appointedsecretary
- 1995-12-01➖EL SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1995-12-01➕PRITCHARD, Robert David appointeddirector
- 1995-12-01➖E L NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 1995-08-22🏢Company incorporatedAs 19 MACKLIN STREET MANAGEMENT CO LIMITED
- 1995-08-22➕EL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1995-08-22➕E L NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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