MARRFISH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07058960 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-28
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.00M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £1,003,262
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£307k
↑ 4.2% YoY
Net Worth
£1.0m
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£337k£674k£1.0m£1.3m£1.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.10M£906.9k
Current assets£1.68M£1.63M
Cash£306.5k£294.1k
Debtors£1.06M£1.01M
Net assets£1.00M£800.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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  2. 2024-12-30
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  3. 2023-12-28
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  4. 2022-12-29
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  5. 2021-12-31
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  6. 2020-12-31
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  7. 2020-08-03
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  8. 2020-08-03
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  9. 2020-08-01
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    FARRAR, Paul Morgan appointed
    director
  10. 2020-07-31
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    REGAN, Andrew William resigned
    director
  11. 2019-12-30
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  12. 2018-12-28
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  13. 2018-01-05
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  14. 2017-01-08
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  15. 2015-12-17
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  16. 2015-11-02
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  17. 2014-12-01
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2014-11-25
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    FARRAR, Paul Morgan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-11-25
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    BURT, Christopher Brian resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-11-19
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    ENGLISH, Benjamin Blue appointed
    director
  21. 2010-10-08
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    JACKSON, Andrew Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2010-08-27
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    REGAN, Andrew William appointed
    director
  23. 2010-08-26
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    MARR, Christian Leslie appointed
    director
  24. 2010-08-26
    ➕
    BURT, Christopher Brian appointed
    secretary
  25. 2010-08-26
    ➖
    BURT, Christopher Brian resigned
    director
  26. 2010-08-26
    ➖
    REGAN, Andrew William resigned
    director
  27. 2009-11-10
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    BURT, Christopher Brian appointed
    director
  28. 2009-11-10
    ➕
    REGAN, Andrew William appointed
    director
  29. 2009-11-10
    ➖
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    director
  30. 2009-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As MARRFISH LIMITED
  31. 2009-10-28
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    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MARR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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.)

Group structure

Andrew Marr International Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Andrew Marr International Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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MARRFISH LIMITED
This company · 07058960

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Andrew Marr International Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

Andrew Marr/ International Building
Livingstone Road
Hessle
North Humberside
HU13 0EE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

FARRAR, Paul Morgan→
secretary · appointed 2014-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ENGLISH, Benjamin Blue→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARRAR, Paul Morgan→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACKSON, Andrew Michael→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARR, Christian Leslie→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURT, Christopher Brian→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-26 · resigned 2014-11-25
Resigned
BURT, Christopher Brian→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-11-10 · resigned 2010-08-26
Resigned
REGAN, Andrew William→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-08-27 · resigned 2020-07-31
Resigned
REGAN, Andrew William→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-11-10 · resigned 2010-08-26
Resigned
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-28 · resigned 2009-11-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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2025-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
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2024-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
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accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
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officers · AP01
2020-08-03
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officers · TM01
2020-08-03
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accounts · AA
2019-12-30