37 MKM LTD
🌳Matureactive
05598589 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-20
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Site preparation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 17.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2024-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2024-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-10-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-23🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2016-08-19🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2016-08-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2009-02-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2005-10-20🏢Company incorporatedAs 37 MKM LTD
- 2005-10-20➕MCQUAID, Tracey Jane appointedsecretary
- 2005-10-20➕MCQUAID, Michael Kevin appointeddirector
- 2005-10-20➕MCQUAID, Tracey Jane appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Tracey Jane Mcquaid Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Kevin Michael Mcquaid Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Tracey Jane Mcquaidceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43120 — Site preparation
Registered office
Lower House Farm
Everleigh
Marlborough
Wiltshire
SN8 3EU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MCQUAID, Tracey Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCQUAID, Michael Kevin→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2005-10-20
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MCQUAID, Tracey Jane→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-20
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/03/2017 | 24/12/2024 | |
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/08/2016 | 24/12/2024 | |
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/08/2016 | 24/12/2024 | |
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | Deed of legal mortgage | 1 property | 13/02/2009 | 24/12/2024 |
Recent filings (57 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12