MARLICO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04730754 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£467.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.4y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £467,137
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,583 YoY
Cash YoY
+397%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£368k
↑ 397% YoY
Net Worth
£467k
↓ 2.2% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£96k£191k£287k£382k£478kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Cash£367.9k£74.1k
Net assets£467.1k£477.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-11-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2024-09-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Limited
  7. 2024-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-01-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2005-08-02
    ➕
    CRUMP, Lisa Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-08-02
    ➕
    CRUMP, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2005-08-02
    ➖
    CROSS, Nicholas John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-08-02
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Paula Louise resigned
    director
  23. 2004-06-15
    ➖
    PRIDAY, Bruce Robert James resigned
    director
  24. 2004-06-15
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Paula Louise appointed
    director
  25. 2004-04-30
    ➕
    CROSS, Nicholas John appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-04-30
    ➕
    PRIDAY, Bruce Robert James appointed
    director
  27. 2003-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As MARLICO LIMITED
  28. 2003-04-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-04-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-04-11
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2003-04-11
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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 Mark Andrew Crump
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Lisa Louise Crump
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

Sigma House Oak View Close
Edginswell Park
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 7FF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CRUMP, Lisa Louise→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRUMP, Mark Andrew→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROSS, Nicholas John→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-30 · resigned 2005-08-02
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-11 · resigned 2003-04-11
Resigned
PRIDAY, Bruce Robert James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-04-30 · resigned 2004-06-15
Resigned
TAYLOR, Paula Louise→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-06-15 · resigned 2005-08-02
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-11 · resigned 2003-04-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2
Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Limited
A registered charge—04/09/2024—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—05/01/201512/11/2025
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Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-04-14