MARCHES ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05006458 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-06

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 22.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46150

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.4y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-31
Average employees	4400

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-03-15
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officers · TM01
2026-03-13
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NICHOLLS, Alice Lucy resigned
director
2026-03-03
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officers · AP01
2026-02-11
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officers · CH01
2026-01-29
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officers · CH01
2026-01-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-16
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accounts · AA
2021-03-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-01
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incorporation · MA
2021-03-01
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capital · SH08
2020-11-04
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officers · AP01
2020-10-21
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NICHOLLS, Alice Lucy appointed
director
2020-10-21
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NICHOLLS, Alice Lucy appointed
director
2017-10-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-10-21
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-12-01
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UNDERHILL, Tom Alfred appointed
director
2004-02-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2004-02-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2004-01-06
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Company incorporated
As MARCHES ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE LIMITED
2004-01-06
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UNDERHILL, Bernadette appointed
secretary
2004-01-06
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UNDERHILL, Bernadette appointed
director
2004-01-06
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UNDERHILL, Mark Alfred appointed
director
2004-01-06
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-01-06
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Elmwood Forge Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Elmwood Forge Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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MARCHES ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE LIMITED

This company · 05006458

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Elmwood Forge Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	27/09/2021

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Mark Alfred Underhillceased 27/09/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Bernadette Underhillceased 27/09/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2004-01-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46150 — SIC 46150

Registered office

33 Ddole Enterprise Park

Llandrindod Wells

Powys

LD1 6DF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-21

Last: 2026-01-07