A M SQUIRES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04703989 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£17.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,482
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,191 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£17k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£75k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£33k£50k£67k£84kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£45.7k£60.5k
Current assets£75.1k£83.6k
Net assets£17.5k£26.7k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-01
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  3. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2016-02-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  16. 2015-04-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2003-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As A M SQUIRES LIMITED
  18. 2003-03-19
    ➕
    SQUIRES, Janette Elaine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-03-19
    ➕
    CLYBURN, Gemma Kate appointed
    director
  20. 2003-03-19
    ➕
    SQUIRES, Adrian Mervyn appointed
    director
  21. 2003-03-19
    ➕
    SQUIRES, Janette Elaine appointed
    director
  22. 2003-03-19
    ➕
    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-03-19
    ➖
    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 "SQUIRES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Adrian Mervyn Squires
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Janette Elaine Squires
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
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
Incorporated2003-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

21 Angel Hill
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 6PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

SQUIRES, Janette Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-19
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Active
CLYBURN, Gemma Kate→
director · ~42y · appointed 2003-03-19
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Active
SQUIRES, Adrian Mervyn→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SQUIRES, Janette Elaine→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2003-03-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property19/02/2016—
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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-24