BRENDAN MCCORMICK EVENTS AV LTD

🌳Matureactive
04800291 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33150
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33200SIC 33200
  • 43290Other construction installation
  • 82302Activities of conference organisers
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 4 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
70 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£16k£32k£48k£64k£80kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets—£55.1k
Current assets—£79.6k
Net assets—£532

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-07-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-07-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2012-04-02
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    MCCORMICK, Joanna Mary appointed
    director
  16. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    MCCORMICK, Joanna Mary appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-10-11
    ➖
    CLIFTON, Paul Victor resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BRENDAN MCCORMICK EVENTS AV LTD
  19. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    MCCORMICK, Brendan appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    CLIFTON, Paul Victor appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    EXCHEQUER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-06-16
    ➖
    EXCHEQUER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    EXCHEQUER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-06-16
    ➖
    EXCHEQUER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "MCCORMICK" — 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.
  • +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

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • 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.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brendan Mccormick
Individual · Irish · DOB 12/1974 · age 52
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33150 — SIC 33150

Registered office

4 Churchill Road
Dunstable
LU6 3LU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last: 2026-06-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCCORMICK, Joanna Mary→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCORMICK, Brendan→
director · ~52y · appointed 2003-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCORMICK, Joanna Mary→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLIFTON, Paul Victor→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-16 · resigned 2007-10-11
Resigned
EXCHEQUER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-16 · resigned 2003-06-16
Resigned
EXCHEQUER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-16 · resigned 2003-06-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-21