CHARLES MAKIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03349305 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 28.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£141k£283k£424k£565k£706kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets—£1.06M
Current assets—£75.2k
Debtors—£29.8k
Net assets—£706.4k
Average employees2—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-05-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-04-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-04-01
    ➖
    MAKIN, Elaine Mary resigned
    secretary
  9. 2024-04-01
    ➖
    MAKIN, Elaine Mary resigned
    director
  10. 2023-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-04
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    MAKIN, Haydn Charles appointed
    director
  14. 2021-03-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 1997-09-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 1997-09-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 1997-09-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 1997-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As CHARLES MAKIN LIMITED
  23. 1997-04-10
    ➕
    MAKIN, Charles appointed
    director
  24. 1997-04-10
    ➕
    MAKIN, Elaine Mary appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-04-10
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-04-10
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-04-10
    ➕
    MAKIN, Elaine Mary appointed
    director
  28. 1997-04-10
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1997-04-10
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MAKIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Haydn Charles Makin
Individual · English · DOB 12/1982 · age 44
50–75%
—50-75% shares24/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Charles Makinceased 24/04/2025· 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
Incorporated1997-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Ivy House Farm
Breighton
Selby
North Yorkshire
YO8 6DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MAKIN, Charles→
director · ~79y · appointed 1997-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAKIN, Haydn Charles→
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAKIN, Elaine Mary→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 2024-04-01
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 1997-04-10
Resigned
MAKIN, Elaine Mary→
director · ~73y · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 2024-04-01
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 1997-04-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property30/09/1997—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property30/09/1997—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property30/09/1997—
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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17