MTL (FISH CURERS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04676427 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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 · IFRS
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees200

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
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-27
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    BUTTON, Julie resigned
    director
  3. 2026-02-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-02-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-02-26
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    BUTTON, Julie appointed
    director
  6. 2025-12-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-12-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-12-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2005-04-04
    ➕
    BUTTON, Julie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-04-04
    ➖
    LEGGETT, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-04-04
    ➕
    BUTTON, Julie appointed
    director
  22. 2005-04-04
    ➖
    LEGGETT, Stephen resigned
    director
  23. 2003-02-24
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    Company incorporated
    As MTL (FISH CURERS) LIMITED
  24. 2003-02-24
    ➕
    BUTTON, Ian James appointed
    director
  25. 2003-02-24
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-02-24
    ➖
    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    secretary
  27. 2003-02-24
    ➕
    LEGGETT, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  28. 2003-02-24
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin Michael appointed
    director
  29. 2003-02-24
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin Michael resigned
    director
  30. 2003-02-24
    ➕
    LEGGETT, Stephen appointed
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BUTTON, Julie (same surname) appointed 2026-02-26. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Ian James Button
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
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
Incorporated2003-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200

Registered office

26a Southfield Road
Grimsby
DN33 2PL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BUTTON, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTTON, Ian James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTTON, Julie→
director · ~54y · appointed 2026-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-24 · resigned 2003-02-24
Resigned
LEGGETT, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-24 · resigned 2005-04-04
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin Michael→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-02-24 · resigned 2003-02-24
Resigned
BUTTON, Julie→
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-04-04 · resigned 2026-02-27
Resigned
LEGGETT, Stephen→
director · ~86y · appointed 2003-02-24 · resigned 2005-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-25