EXTRAMUSSEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04315701 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-02
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£13.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -78% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £13,564
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,417 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 78% YoY
Cash YoY
-78%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 78% YoY
Net Worth
£14k
↓ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£14k£20k£27k£34kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£13.6k£34.0k
Current assets£11.3k£17.1k
Cash£1.5k£6.8k
Debtors£9.7k£10.4k
Net assets£13.6k£34.0k

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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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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  2. 2024-12-04
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  3. 2024-02-07
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  4. 2022-12-30
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  5. 2021-12-10
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  6. 2021-05-25
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  7. 2021-05-25
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  8. 2020-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-17
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    officers · TM02
  10. 2020-02-02
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    COPPOCK, John resigned
    secretary
  11. 2019-11-19
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  12. 2018-12-19
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  13. 2017-12-20
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  14. 2016-12-15
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  15. 2015-11-16
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  16. 2015-09-22
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-04-06
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    HARGREAVES, Isabel Ruth appointed
    director
  18. 2001-11-06
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  19. 2001-11-06
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  20. 2001-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As EXTRAMUSSEL LIMITED
  21. 2001-11-02
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    JONES, Trevor William appointed
    director
  22. 2001-11-02
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    COPPOCK, John appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-11-02
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-11-02
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-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
  • +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 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 72 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

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
Mr Trevor William Jones
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2001-11-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03210 — SIC 03210

Registered office

Parkway House
Palatine Road
Manchester
M22 4DB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HARGREAVES, Isabel Ruth→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Trevor William→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COPPOCK, John→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2020-02-02
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2001-11-06
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2001-11-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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2025-12-10
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2025-11-06
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2024-12-04
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2024-11-12
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2024-02-07
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2023-12-01
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2022-12-30
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2022-11-04
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accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
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officers · CH01
2021-05-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-02-17