2M DIRECT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04092139 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-18
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£9.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 2 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,415

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£9k
↑ 463% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↑ 1752% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£3k£2k£7k£12k£16k£21kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£9.8k£-2.2k
Current assets£21.0k£1.1k
Net assets£9.4k£-2.6k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-25
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  2. 2024-06-21
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  3. 2023-07-14
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  4. 2022-07-21
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  5. 2022-04-19
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  6. 2022-04-01
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    MORRIS, Alexander John, Dr appointed
    director
  7. 2021-07-26
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  8. 2020-07-29
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  9. 2019-02-15
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  10. 2018-07-23
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  11. 2017-07-31
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  12. 2016-08-26
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  13. 2015-11-16
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  14. 2015-06-16
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  15. 2014-11-16
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  16. 2014-07-18
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  17. 2000-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As 2M DIRECT LIMITED
  18. 2000-10-18
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    MORRIS, Alexander John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-10-18
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    MORRIS, Diana Mary Evelyn appointed
    director
  20. 2000-10-18
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    THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-10-18
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    THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-10-18
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    LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-10-18
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    LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 26 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

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 67. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Diana Mary Evelyn Morris
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Orchard House
Studley
Warwickshire
B80 7AH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MORRIS, Alexander John→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-18
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Active
MORRIS, Alexander John, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-04-01
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Active
MORRIS, Diana Mary Evelyn→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-10-18
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Active
THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-18 · resigned 2000-10-18
Resigned
LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-18 · resigned 2000-10-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-07-25
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2024-10-31
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2024-06-21
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2023-10-18
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2023-07-14
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2022-10-29
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accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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officers · AP01
2022-04-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-30
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accounts · AA
2021-07-26
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2020-10-30
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2020-07-29
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2019-11-04
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2019-02-15