MADE IN MAWBRAY LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12548134 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10512
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 4.1y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-27🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Ms Lending Group Limited
- 2023-06-27🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Ms Lending Group Limited
- 2023-05-15➕MCGREAVY, Janet Mary appointeddirector
- 2023-05-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-05-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Ms Lending Group Limited
- 2022-05-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ms Lending Group Limited
- 2021-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-06🏢Company incorporatedAs MADE IN MAWBRAY LIMITED
- 2020-04-06➕MCGREAVY, Adrian John appointeddirector
- 2020-04-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adrian John Mcgreavy Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10512 — SIC 10512
Registered office
The Barn Midtown Farm
Mawbray
Maryport
Cumbria
CA15 6QT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MCGREAVY, Adrian John→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2020-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCGREAVY, Janet Mary→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2023-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ms Lending Group Ms Lending Group Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 27/06/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Ms Lending Group Ms Lending Group Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/06/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Ms Lending Group Ms Lending Group Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 31/05/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Ms Lending Group Ms Lending Group Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 31/05/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-11