JOHN MANNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05460464 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46610
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees30002400

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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2022-05-25
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  5. 2021-05-14
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  6. 2020-05-26
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  7. 2019-04-03
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  8. 2018-05-10
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  9. 2017-06-08
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-02-13
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    address · AD01
  11. 2016-06-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-04-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-05-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-15
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-09
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2010-11-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2010-09-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2005-06-14
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    MANNERS, Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-06-14
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    MANNERS, Fraser John appointed
    director
  20. 2005-06-14
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    MANNERS, John Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2005-06-14
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    MANNERS, Richard Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2005-06-14
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-06-14
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2005-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN MANNERS LIMITED
  25. 2005-05-23
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2005-05-23
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

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 "MANNERS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Richard Robert Manners
Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Fraser John Manners
Individual · British · DOB 12/1976 · age 50
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
Incorporated2005-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46610 — SIC 46610

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-05
Last: 2026-05-22

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MANNERS, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-14
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Active
MANNERS, Fraser John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2005-06-14
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Active
MANNERS, John Robert→
director · ~83y · appointed 2005-06-14
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Active
MANNERS, Richard Robert→
director · ~52y · appointed 2005-06-14
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Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-05-23 · resigned 2005-06-14
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-05-23 · resigned 2005-06-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property16/11/2010—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property27/09/2010—
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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-03