MALIBU GRAINS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04468049 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-24
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10920
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-23
Average employees800

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-01-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2002-08-06
    ➕
    KNOWLES, Sarah Louise appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-08-06
    ➕
    KNOWLES, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  18. 2002-08-06
    ➕
    KNOWLES, Simon Jonathan appointed
    director
  19. 2002-08-06
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-08-06
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-06-24
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    Company incorporated
    As MALIBU GRAINS LIMITED
  22. 2002-06-24
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-06-24
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mrs Sarah Louise Knowles
Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Simon Jonathan Knowles
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2002-06-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10920 — SIC 10920

Registered office

The New Barn Mill Lane
Eastry
Sandwich
Kent
CT13 0JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-23
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KNOWLES, Sarah Louise→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-06
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Active
KNOWLES, Sarah Louise→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-08-06
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Active
KNOWLES, Simon Jonathan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-24 · resigned 2002-08-06
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-24 · resigned 2002-08-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22