MAKEMSON & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04545938 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-26
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 2025
Net worth
£89.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
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. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 2 with DOB)
75
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
63 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £89,373
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,211 YoY
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£69k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£89k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£101k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£46k£69k£92k£116kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£89.4k£107.6k
Current assets£100.7k£115.5k
Cash£69.3k£78.4k
Debtors£31.4k£37.1k
Net assets£89.4k£107.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-30
    ➕
    MAKEMSON, Gareth Neil appointed
    director
  16. 2014-12-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2008-01-30
    ➕
    MAKEMSON, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-01-30
    ➖
    SNEDDON, Elaine Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-02-20
    ➖
    MAKEMSON, Susan Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-20
    ➕
    SNEDDON, Elaine Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-09-01
    ➕
    MAKEMSON, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-08-31
    ➖
    CALDER, Joy resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-09-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MAKEMSON & COMPANY LIMITED
  24. 2002-09-26
    ➕
    MAKEMSON, Philip Thomas appointed
    director
  25. 2002-09-26
    ➕
    CALDER, Joy appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-09-26
    ➕
    READYMADE SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2002-09-26
    ➖
    READYMADE SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2002-09-26
    ➕
    COMPANY FORMATION BUREAU LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2002-09-26
    ➖
    COMPANY FORMATION BUREAU LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MAKEMSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 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
Mr Gareth Neil Makemson
Individual · Welsh · DOB 12/1991 · age 35
50–75%
—50-75% shares30/06/2016
Mr Philip Thomas Makemson
Individual · Welsh · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2002-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

6 The Larches
Ystradowen
Cowbridge
Vale Of Glamorgan
CF71 7TT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MAKEMSON, Susan Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAKEMSON, Gareth Neil→
director · ~35y · appointed 2014-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAKEMSON, Philip Thomas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALDER, Joy→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2003-08-31
Resigned
MAKEMSON, Susan Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-01 · resigned 2004-02-20
Resigned
SNEDDON, Elaine Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-20 · resigned 2008-01-30
Resigned
READYMADE SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2002-09-26
Resigned
COMPANY FORMATION BUREAU LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2002-09-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-26