ATTILA MARKETING (UK) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03188909 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-22
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 600 | 600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-04-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-14📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2019-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-02-28➕TAYLOR, Alexander Gordon appointeddirector
- 2017-02-28➕TAYLOR-JONES, Samantha Jean appointeddirector
- 2002-06-26➕TAYLOR, Robin George appointedsecretary
- 2002-06-26➖MCHUGH, Christopher resignedsecretary
- 2002-06-05➕TAYLOR, Mary Elisabeth appointeddirector
- 2002-06-05➖MCHUGH, Christopher resigneddirector
- 1996-04-23➕TAYLOR, Robin George appointeddirector
- 1996-04-23➕MCHUGH, Christopher appointedsecretary
- 1996-04-23➖BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1996-04-23➕MCHUGH, Christopher appointeddirector
- 1996-04-23➖DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1996-04-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ATTILA MARKETING (UK) LIMITED
- 1996-04-22➕BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1996-04-22➕DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Alexander Gordon Taylor Individual · British · DOB 09/1993 · age 33 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 05/08/2025 |
Mrs Samantha Jean Taylor-Jones Individual · British · DOB 07/1995 · age 31 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 05/08/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Robin George Taylorceased 05/08/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Mary Elisabeth Taylorceased 05/08/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760
Registered office
Rivendell House
11 Harrington Road
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 4NG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22
Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)
TAYLOR, Robin George→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TAYLOR, Alexander Gordon→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2017-02-28
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TAYLOR, Mary Elisabeth→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2002-06-05
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TAYLOR, Robin George→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 1996-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TAYLOR-JONES, Samantha Jean→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2017-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCHUGH, Christopher→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-04-23 · resigned 2002-06-26
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-22 · resigned 1996-04-23
MCHUGH, Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 1996-04-23 · resigned 2002-06-05
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-04-22 · resigned 1996-04-23
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Recent filings (90 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28