ANDREW MASKERY ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06497631 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-08
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees11001000

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-03-01
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    MASKERY, Deborah Jayne appointed
    director
  6. 2023-02-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-02-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-07
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2020-04-23
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  14. 2020-04-23
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2020-04-23
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2020-02-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2020-02-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2020-02-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-05-19
    ➖
    MASKERY, Deborah Jayne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2017-05-19
    ➖
    MASKERY, Deborah Jayne resigned
    director
  22. 2008-02-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW MASKERY ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  23. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    MASKERY, Andrew John appointed
    director
  24. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    MASKERY, Deborah Jayne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    MASKERY, Deborah Jayne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MASKERY" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Deborah Jayne Maskery
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/02/2019
Mr Andrew John Maskery
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/02/2017

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
Incorporated2008-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

The Wherry
Quay Street
Halesworth
Suffolk
IP19 8ET
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MASKERY, Andrew John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASKERY, Deborah Jayne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-03-01
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Active
MASKERY, Deborah Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-08 · resigned 2017-05-19
Resigned
MASKERY, Deborah Jayne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-02-08 · resigned 2017-05-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08