MESSRS R MILLER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09203132 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-04
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 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£33.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £33,128

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£33k
Current Assets
£719k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£144k£288k£432k£575k£719kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£77.3k—
Current assets£719.2k—
Net assets£33.1k—
Average employees—300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-11
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  3. 2024-09-05
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-09-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-09-05
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-09-05
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  7. 2024-04-10
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  8. 2022-12-22
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  9. 2022-03-10
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  10. 2021-03-18
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  11. 2020-02-14
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  12. 2019-10-10
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  13. 2019-10-07
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  14. 2018-09-13
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  15. 2017-09-04
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  16. 2017-09-04
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  17. 2017-09-04
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  18. 2016-04-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  19. 2014-09-30
    ➕
    MILLER, Margaret Isobel appointed
    director
  20. 2014-09-30
    ➕
    MILLER, Thomas Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2014-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As MESSRS R MILLER LIMITED
  22. 2014-09-04
    ➕
    MILLER, John Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MILLER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Andrew Miller
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Margaret Isobel Miller
Individual · British · DOB 01/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Thomas Richard Miller
Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Arkleby Hall
Arkleby
Aspatria
Cumbria
CA7 2BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MILLER, John Andrew→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-09-04
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Active
MILLER, Margaret Isobel→
director · ~82y · appointed 2014-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Thomas Richard→
director · ~75y · appointed 2014-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property18/04/2016—
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Recent filings (37 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18