ANDREW MELLING LTD
🌳Matureactive
07542180 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-24
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 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 15.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £234.0k |
| Current assets | — | £329.0k |
| Debtors | — | £232.8k |
| Net assets | — | £199.8k |
| Average employees | 13 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-04-02➕BRADBURN, Stuart Ian appointeddirector
- 2025-04-02➕MCDERMOTT, Claire Marie appointeddirector
- 2025-04-02➕NEWMAN, Victoria Anne appointeddirector
- 2025-04-02➕RODRIGUEZ, Daniel Cardeno appointeddirector
- 2025-04-02➖MELLING, Andrew Ian resigneddirector
- 2025-01-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-03-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2011-02-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREW MELLING LTD
- 2011-02-24➕MELLING, Andrew Ian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
40/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
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
Melling Farm And Equine Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Melling Farm And Equine Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ANDREW MELLING LTD
This company · 07542180
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Melling Farm And Equine Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 02/04/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew Ian Mellingceased 02/04/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities
Registered office
The Old Police Station
76 Church Street, Horwich
Bolton
BL6 6AB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
BRADBURN, Stuart Ian→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2025-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDERMOTT, Claire Marie→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2025-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NEWMAN, Victoria Anne→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2025-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RODRIGUEZ, Daniel Cardeno→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2025-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MELLING, Andrew Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2011-02-24 · resigned 2025-04-02
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 31/03/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24