AEL MARKHAMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07175951 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-03
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 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees242200

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-30
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  3. 2025-10-30
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    annual-return · RP04AR01
  4. 2025-10-30
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    annual-return · RP04AR01
  5. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-15
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-01-04
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    capital · SH02
  8. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-10
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    KAYE, Nicholas Simon resigned
    director
  10. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-11
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-04
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-09-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2010-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As AEL MARKHAMS LTD
  19. 2010-03-03
    ➕
    BENNETT, Marc Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2010-03-03
    ➕
    JASON, Marc Elliot, Mr. appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-03
    ➕
    KAYE, Nicholas Simon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Marc Stephen Bennett
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr. Marc Elliot Jason
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2010-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

201 Haverstock Hill
London
NW3 4QG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BENNETT, Marc Stephen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-03-03
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Active
JASON, Marc Elliot, Mr.→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-03-03
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Active
KAYE, Nicholas Simon→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-03-03 · resigned 2023-04-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—25/09/2015—
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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2025-10-30
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2025-10-30
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-15
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28