A.J. & B.A. MARSH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04548878 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-30
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
57 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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees300300

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
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-23
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  2. 2024-01-31
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  3. 2023-06-26
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  4. 2022-02-22
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  5. 2020-12-15
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  6. 2020-12-14
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    capital · SH10
  7. 2020-12-14
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    capital · SH08
  8. 2020-06-26
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  9. 2019-04-23
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  10. 2018-04-06
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  11. 2017-03-29
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  12. 2016-03-18
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  13. 2015-10-01
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  14. 2015-03-05
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  15. 2014-10-09
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  16. 2002-09-30
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    Company incorporated
    As A.J. & B.A. MARSH LIMITED
  17. 2002-09-30
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    MARSH, Barbara Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-09-30
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    MARSH, Alan Joseph appointed
    director
  19. 2002-09-30
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    MARSH, Barbara Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2002-09-30
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    MARSH, Christopher Neil appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MARSH" — 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 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Neil Marsh
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

37 Meynell Drive
Leigh
Lancs
WN7 3JR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MARSH, Barbara Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-30
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Active
MARSH, Alan Joseph→
director · ~85y · appointed 2002-09-30
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Active
MARSH, Barbara Anne→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-09-30
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Active
MARSH, Christopher Neil→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-09-30
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Active

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Recent filings (57 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2025-01-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
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accounts · AA
2022-02-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
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capital · SH10
2020-12-14
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capital · SH08
2020-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-10