741 AWARDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04181592 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-16
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 25.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£16.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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 25.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,003
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,645 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£16k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£40kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£19.5k£27.2k
Current assets£35.5k£40.2k
Net assets£16.0k£17.6k

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

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 (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-15
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  2. 2024-12-12
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  3. 2023-12-07
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  4. 2022-09-23
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  5. 2021-11-29
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  6. 2021-03-30
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  7. 2021-03-22
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  8. 2021-03-19
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  9. 2021-03-19
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  10. 2021-03-19
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  11. 2021-03-19
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  12. 2021-03-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-03-05
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    MILLER, Harry John appointed
    secretary
  14. 2021-03-05
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    MILLER, Susan Anne resigned
    secretary
  15. 2019-12-29
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  16. 2019-07-10
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  17. 2019-06-17
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    address · AD01
  18. 2019-01-08
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  19. 2014-11-12
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    MILLER, Harry John appointed
    director
  20. 2008-05-09
    ➕
    MILLER, Jonathan Peter appointed
    director
  21. 2008-05-09
    ➕
    MILLER, Nigel Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2008-05-09
    ➕
    MILLER, Susan Anne appointed
    director
  23. 2008-05-09
    ➖
    MATTSSON, Jill resigned
    secretary
  24. 2008-05-09
    ➕
    MILLER, Susan Anne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-05-09
    ➖
    MATTSSON, Anders resigned
    director
  26. 2008-05-09
    ➖
    MATTSSON, Jill resigned
    director
  27. 2008-04-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2001-04-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  29. 2001-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 741 AWARDS LIMITED
  30. 2001-03-16
    ➕
    MATTSSON, Jill appointed
    secretary
  31. 2001-03-16
    ➕
    MATTSSON, Anders appointed
    director
  32. 2001-03-16
    ➕
    MATTSSON, Jill appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Harry John Miller
Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/03/2021
Mr Jonathan Peter Miller
Individual · British · DOB 12/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/03/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Nigel Paul Millerceased 05/03/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Susan Anne Millerceased 05/03/2021· 25-50% 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
Incorporated2001-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

741 Greenway Lane
Fakenham
NR21 8ET
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

MILLER, Harry John→
secretary · appointed 2021-03-05
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Active
MILLER, Harry John→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-11-12
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Active
MILLER, Jonathan Peter→
director · ~47y · appointed 2008-05-09
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Active
MILLER, Nigel Paul→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-05-09
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Active
MILLER, Susan Anne→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-05-09
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Active
MATTSSON, Jill→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-16 · resigned 2008-05-09
Resigned
MILLER, Susan Anne→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-09 · resigned 2021-03-05
Resigned
MATTSSON, Anders→
director · ~84y · appointed 2001-03-16 · resigned 2008-05-09
Resigned
MATTSSON, Jill→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-03-16 · resigned 2008-05-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property03/04/200110/04/2008

Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-03-19
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-03-19