CLARK QUARMBY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03398640 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-03
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.
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.05M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
96 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,047,690
Cash YoY
+46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£623k
↑ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£1.0m
↑ 9.8% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£229k£459k£688k£917k£1.1mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.07M£962.9k
Current assets£1.15M£1.08M
Cash£623.2k£425.9k
Debtors£523.0k£650.4k
Net assets£1.05M£954.1k

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-07-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-03-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2014-11-20
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    SULLIVAN, John Howard resigned
    secretary
  19. 2013-05-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2008-06-14
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    BUCK, Lucy Jade appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-16
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    MCDERMOTT, Faye Leanne appointed
    director
  22. 2004-07-31
    ➖
    MCDERMOTT, Thomas Joseph resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-07-31
    ➕
    SULLIVAN, John Howard appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-07-31
    ➖
    MCDERMOTT, Pamela resigned
    director
  25. 1997-09-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 1997-07-31
    ➖
    FOXTON, Alan resigned
    director
  27. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    MCDERMOTT, Pamela appointed
    director
  28. 1997-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As CLARK QUARMBY LIMITED
  29. 1997-07-03
    ➕
    MCDERMOTT, Thomas Joseph appointed
    director
  30. 1997-07-03
    ➕
    MCDERMOTT, Thomas Joseph appointed
    secretary
  31. 1997-07-03
    ➕
    SCOTT, Stephen John appointed
    nominee-secretary
  32. 1997-07-03
    ➖
    SCOTT, Stephen John resigned
    nominee-secretary
  33. 1997-07-03
    ➕
    FOXTON, Alan appointed
    director
  34. 1997-07-03
    ➕
    SCOTT, Jacqueline appointed
    nominee-director
  35. 1997-07-03
    ➖
    SCOTT, Jacqueline resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Thomas Joseph Mcdermott
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Joinery Works Elland Bridge
Bridgefield Road
Elland
West Yorkshire
HX5 0SQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BUCK, Lucy Jade→
director · ~36y · appointed 2008-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDERMOTT, Faye Leanne→
director · ~40y · appointed 2006-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDERMOTT, Thomas Joseph→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDERMOTT, Thomas Joseph→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-03 · resigned 2004-07-31
Resigned
SCOTT, Stephen John→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-03 · resigned 1997-07-03
Resigned
SULLIVAN, John Howard→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-31 · resigned 2014-11-20
Resigned
FOXTON, Alan→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-07-03 · resigned 1997-07-31
Resigned
MCDERMOTT, Pamela→
director · ~68y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2004-07-31
Resigned
SCOTT, Jacqueline→
nominee-director · ~75y · appointed 1997-07-03 · resigned 1997-07-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property05/09/199703/05/2013

Recent filings (96 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-24