2-CAN SALES & MARKETING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06272809 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-07
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£253.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £253,282
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,886 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£253k
↓ 4.8% YoY
Current Assets
£471k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£95k£190k£286k£381k£476kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£253.3k£266.2k
Current assets£471.2k£476.1k
Net assets£253.3k£266.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-02-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-01-31
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-01-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-01-30
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    elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH02
  13. 2020-01-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2019-12-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As 2-CAN SALES & MARKETING LIMITED
  19. 2007-06-07
    ➕
    DUFFIN, Jane Belinda appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-06-07
    ➕
    DUFFIN, Jane Belinda appointed
    director
  21. 2007-06-07
    ➕
    DUFFIN, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  22. 2007-06-07
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-06-07
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    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-06-07
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-06-07
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Patrick Joseph Duffin
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2017

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
Incorporated2007-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Unit 2-3 Mackadown Lane
Birmingham
B33 0LD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DUFFIN, Jane Belinda→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-07
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Active
DUFFIN, Jane Belinda→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-06-07
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Active
DUFFIN, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-06-07
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Active
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-07 · resigned 2007-06-07
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-07 · resigned 2007-06-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-02-17