BIRCHELL MARINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06810015 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-04
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£67.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33150
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £67,557
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,260 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£27k
Net Worth
£68k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£896k
↓ 6.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£192k£384k£576k£767k£959kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£197.5k£256.8k
Current assets£896.0k£959.2k
Cash£27.5k—
Debtors£109.2k—
Net assets£67.6k£91.8k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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  2. 2024-07-15
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  3. 2023-09-04
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  4. 2022-10-19
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  5. 2021-08-13
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  6. 2020-10-20
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  7. 2019-11-08
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  8. 2018-12-13
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  9. 2017-08-18
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-06-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2017-06-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2016-10-07
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-22
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  14. 2015-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-02-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-07-22
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    BIRCHELL, Christine Mary resigned
    director
  17. 2014-07-22
    ➖
    BIRCHELL, Roger Henry resigned
    director
  18. 2009-08-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  19. 2009-02-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BIRCHELL MARINE LIMITED
  20. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    BIRCHELL, Anthony James appointed
    director
  21. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    BOND, Jason Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    BIRCHELL, Christine Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    BIRCHELL, Roger Henry appointed
    director
  24. 2009-02-04
    ➕
    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles appointed
    director
  25. 2009-02-04
    ➖
    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 "BIRCHELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Jason Mark Bond
Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Anthony James Birchell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
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
Incorporated2009-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33150 — SIC 33150

Registered office

Unit 1 Beacon Quay
Torquay
TQ1 2BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BIRCHELL, Anthony James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOND, Jason Mark→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRCHELL, Christine Mary→
director · ~79y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2014-07-22
Resigned
BIRCHELL, Roger Henry→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2014-07-22
Resigned
WARMISHAM, Barry Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2009-02-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/08/200921/06/2017

Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
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accounts · AA
2025-09-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-11