MADEN HOLDINGS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06911926 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.2y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~3.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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
£0£202k£405k£607k£810k£1.0mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£577.3k
Current assets£1.01M
Cash£30
Debtors£1.01M
Net assets£577.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-11-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-22
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2024-07-22
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2023-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-31
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2023-03-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Homes and Communities Agency (Trading as Homes England)
  11. 2023-01-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2009-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As MADEN HOLDINGS LTD
  20. 2009-05-20
    MADEN, Andrew, Mr. appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-20
    MADEN, Simon Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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 "MADEN" — 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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

54/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

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.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-10

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kelly Maden
Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46
sig. influencesignificant influence18/11/2024
Mrs Karen Maden
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
sig. influencesignificant influence18/11/2024
Mr Andrew Trevor Maden
Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50
sig. influencesignificant influence01/11/2016
Mr Simon Thomas Maden
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
sig. influencesignificant influence01/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Eco House
Kings Mount, Ramparts Business Park
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1TQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-10OVERDUE
Last: 2025-01-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MADEN, Andrew, Mr.
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-05-20
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Active
MADEN, Simon Thomas
director · ~54y · appointed 2009-05-20
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Homes and Communities Agency (Trading as Homes England)
A registered charge1 property30/03/2023
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Recent filings (48 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25