48 MARINE AVENUE (LEIGH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04220448 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-21
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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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  3. 2024-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2023-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-03-22
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    CLATWORTHY, Ronald Henry appointed
    director
  18. 2010-01-01
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    CLATWORTHY, Ronald appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-01-01
    ➕
    HOWARD-SMITH, Martin appointed
    director
  20. 2010-01-01
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    FOSKETT, Julie-Ann resigned
    director
  21. 2009-05-01
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    HOWARD-SMITH, Martin Paul resigned
    director
  22. 2009-01-29
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    FOSKETT, Julie-Ann appointed
    director
  23. 2009-01-29
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    PEARMAN, Jody Elliott resigned
    director
  24. 2009-01-23
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    SMITH, John resigned
    secretary
  25. 2009-01-23
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    HOWARD-SMITH, Martin Paul appointed
    director
  26. 2009-01-23
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    SMITH, John resigned
    director
  27. 2006-05-12
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    PEARMAN, Jody Elliott appointed
    director
  28. 2005-11-07
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    BEAUMONT, Eileen resigned
    director
  29. 2002-12-10
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    BEAUMONT, Eileen appointed
    director
  30. 2002-12-10
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    BEAUMONT, John resigned
    director
  31. 2001-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 48 MARINE AVENUE (LEIGH) LIMITED
  32. 2001-05-21
    ➕
    SMITH, John appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-05-21
    ➕
    BEAUMONT, John appointed
    director
  34. 2001-05-21
    ➕
    SMITH, John appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ronald Clatworthy
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence21/05/2017

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
Incorporated2001-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit7a Radford Crescent
Billericay
CM12 0DU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-04
Last: 2025-05-21

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

CLATWORTHY, Ronald→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-01
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Active
CLATWORTHY, Ronald Henry→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-03-22
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Active
HOWARD-SMITH, Martin→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, John→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-21 · resigned 2009-01-23
Resigned
BEAUMONT, Eileen→
director · ~105y · appointed 2002-12-10 · resigned 2005-11-07
Resigned
BEAUMONT, John→
director · ~113y · appointed 2001-05-21 · resigned 2002-12-10
Resigned
FOSKETT, Julie-Ann→
director · ~50y · appointed 2009-01-29 · resigned 2010-01-01
Resigned
HOWARD-SMITH, Martin Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-01-23 · resigned 2009-05-01
Resigned
PEARMAN, Jody Elliott→
director · ~51y · appointed 2006-05-12 · resigned 2009-01-29
Resigned
SMITH, John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-05-21 · resigned 2009-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-27