MARTIN FAMILY INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

10816140 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-13

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

—

year to Jun 2024

Net worth

£132.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £132,230

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£93k

Net Worth

£132k

Current Assets

£784k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-06-30
Total assets	£132.2k
Current assets	£784.1k
Cash	£93.4k
Debtors	£6
Net assets	£132.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-27
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accounts · AA
2024-03-13
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accounts · AA
2023-03-23
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accounts · AA
2022-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-07
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accounts · AA
2017-07-24
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MARTIN, Thomas Geoffrey appointed
secretary
2017-07-24
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MARTIN, Gay Madeleine Annesley appointed
director
2017-07-24
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MARTIN, Thomas Geoffrey appointed
director
2017-07-24
➖
BENNETT, Edward Roger resigned
secretary
2017-07-24
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BENNETT, Edward Roger, Mr. resigned
director
2017-07-24
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2017-07-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-07-24
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officers · AP01
2017-07-24
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officers · AP01
2017-07-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-07-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2017-06-13
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Company incorporated
As MARTIN FAMILY INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2017-06-13
➕
BENNETT, Edward Roger appointed
secretary
2017-06-13
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BENNETT, Edward Roger, Mr. appointed
director
2017-06-13
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

96/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MARTIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-06-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

64 Mortlake Road

Richmond

Surrey

TW9 4AS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-08

Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MARTIN, Thomas Geoffrey→

secretary · appointed 2017-07-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MARTIN, Gay Madeleine Annesley→

director · ~80y · appointed 2017-07-24

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Active

MARTIN, Thomas Geoffrey→

director · ~86y · appointed 2017-07-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BENNETT, Edward Roger→

secretary · appointed 2017-06-13 · resigned 2017-07-24

Resigned

BENNETT, Edward Roger, Mr.→

director · ~49y · appointed 2017-06-13 · resigned 2017-07-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2026-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-07