JAVABEAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10284797 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46370Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 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
75
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 accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees400—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-11
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-11-25
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    SMITH, Arron Jake resigned
    director
  5. 2024-09-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-09-17
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    SMITH, Arron Jake appointed
    director
  7. 2024-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-07
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  11. 2022-01-07
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  12. 2022-01-07
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  13. 2021-12-30
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    MARSHALL, Dominic resigned
    director
  14. 2021-12-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-12-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-12-29
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    HAVENS, Garry appointed
    director
  17. 2021-12-29
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    MARSHALL, Angela Lillian appointed
    director
  18. 2021-12-29
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    MARSHALL, Lester Gary appointed
    director
  19. 2021-12-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2021-12-29
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  21. 2021-12-29
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  22. 2021-04-30
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  23. 2020-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  24. 2016-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As JAVABEAN LIMITED
  25. 2016-07-18
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    MARSHALL, Dominic appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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 Lester Gary Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/01/2022
Mrs Angela Lillian Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/01/2022
Mr Garry Havens
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/01/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Dominic Marshallceased 30/12/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence

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
Incorporated2016-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

382 Scottow Enterprise Park Lamas Road
Badersfield
Norwich
Norfolk
NR10 5FB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last: 2026-07-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HAVENS, Garry→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARSHALL, Angela Lillian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARSHALL, Lester Gary→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARSHALL, Dominic→
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-07-18 · resigned 2021-12-30
Resigned
SMITH, Arron Jake→
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-09-17 · resigned 2024-11-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-07