B. MARSHALL MARINE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07489682 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-12
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
40 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
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| Average employees | 1200 | 1100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-09-13📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-09-13📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-09-01➕JAKEMAN, Christopher Robin appointedsecretary
- 2021-09-01➖MARSHALL, Barry resignedsecretary
- 2020-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-11➕JAKEMAN, Christopher Robin appointeddirector
- 2019-10-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-10-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-10-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-17➕MARSHALL, Benjamin appointeddirector
- 2011-01-12🏢Company incorporatedAs B. MARSHALL MARINE LIMITED
- 2011-01-12➕CURTIS, Anthony James appointeddirector
- 2011-01-12➕MARSHALL, Barry appointeddirector
- 2011-01-12➕MARSHALL, Barry appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MARSHALL" — 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Bmm Marshall Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
B Marshall Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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B. MARSHALL MARINE LIMITED
This company · 07489682
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Bmm Marshall Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 21/12/2021 |
B Marshall Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/09/2021 |
Mr Anthony James Curtis Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Christopher Robin Jakeman Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 11/10/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Barry Marshallceased 31/01/2021· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| A T RIGGING LIMITED→ 09907511 · est 2015 | — | — | — | 100 | 10y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30110 — SIC 30110
Registered office
Graving Dock
Dockside Road
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS3 8AT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
JAKEMAN, Christopher Robin→
Activesecretary · appointed 2021-09-01
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CURTIS, Anthony James→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2011-01-12
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JAKEMAN, Christopher Robin→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2019-10-11
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MARSHALL, Barry→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2011-01-12
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MARSHALL, Benjamin→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2014-03-17
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MARSHALL, Barry→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-01-12 · resigned 2021-09-01
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Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-09-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-09-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-09-13