A & M J MASON & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06479303 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-21

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 18.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.3 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	400	400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-06-10
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2022-07-22
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2021-06-29
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2020-06-16
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2019-06-28
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2018-07-25
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2016-08-01
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2008-03-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-02-04
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MASON, Margaret Joyce appointed
secretary
2008-02-04
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MASON, Alan appointed
director
2008-02-04
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MASON, Craig Dean appointed
director
2008-02-04
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MASON, Margaret Joyce appointed
director
2008-01-22
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-01-22
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2008-01-21
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Company incorporated
As A & M J MASON & SON LIMITED
2008-01-21
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-01-21
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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 "MASON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Margaret Joyce Mason Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	21/01/2017
Mr Alan Mason Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	21/01/2017

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

Incorporated2008-01-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Cartref Greenbank

Hornby Road Caton

Lancaster

LA2 9JD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-04

Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MASON, Margaret Joyce→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-04

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Active

MASON, Alan→

director · ~71y · appointed 2008-02-04

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Active

MASON, Craig Dean→

director · ~41y · appointed 2008-02-04

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Active

MASON, Margaret Joyce→

director · ~73y · appointed 2008-02-04

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-01-21 · resigned 2008-01-22

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-01-21 · resigned 2008-01-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	24/03/2008	—

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