CHESHIRE MARBLE HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04150852 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-31
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 25.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£704.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £704,587
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£705k
↑ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£89k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £743.3k | £751.8k |
| Current assets | £89.0k | £97.5k |
| Net assets | £704.6k | £685.0k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-09-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-17📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-01➕HOWARD, Matthew appointedsecretary
- 2022-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-06-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2005-12-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Capital Home Loans
- 2002-02-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2001-05-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2001-01-31🏢Company incorporatedAs CHESHIRE MARBLE HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2001-01-31➕GROOT, Petrus Jacobus Maria appointedsecretary
- 2001-01-31➕CLEAVER, Matthew appointeddirector
- 2001-01-31➕GROOT, Petrus Jacobus Maria appointeddirector
- 2001-01-31➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-01-31➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-01-31➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-01-31➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Petrus Jacobus Maria Groot Individual · Dutch · DOB 05/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Matthew Cleaver Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760
Registered office
Unit 6 Atlantic Point
Atlantic Street
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 5DE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
GROOT, Petrus Jacobus Maria→
Activesecretary · appointed 2001-01-31
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Active
CLEAVER, Matthew→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2001-01-31
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GROOT, Petrus Jacobus Maria→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2001-01-31
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-31 · resigned 2001-01-31
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-01-31 · resigned 2001-01-31
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Capital Home Loans | Mortgage deed | 1 property | 15/12/2005 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 14/02/2002 | 13/09/2024 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 18/05/2001 | 28/09/2024 |
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Recent filings (76 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-26