MARTLET CAPITAL DIRECTORS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14534848 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-12
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-13
    HOOPER, Edward Benjamin Peter appointed
    director
  4. 2024-05-13
    ILIEV, Ilian Petkov, Dr appointed
    director
  5. 2024-05-13
    BAILEY, Paul Alexander resigned
    director
  6. 2024-05-13
    JONES, Huw resigned
    director
  7. 2024-05-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-05-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-05-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-05-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-12-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MARTLET CAPITAL DIRECTORS LIMITED
  12. 2022-12-12
    BAILEY, Paul Alexander appointed
    director
  13. 2022-12-12
    JONES, Huw appointed
    director
  14. 2022-12-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Group structure

Martlet Capital Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Martlet Capital Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
MARTLET CAPITAL DIRECTORS LIMITED
This company · 14534848

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Martlet Capital Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/12/2022

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
Incorporated2022-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

9 Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 1GE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HOOPER, Edward Benjamin Peter
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-05-13
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Active
ILIEV, Ilian Petkov, Dr
director · ~51y · appointed 2024-05-13
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Active
BAILEY, Paul Alexander
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-12-12 · resigned 2024-05-13
Resigned
JONES, Huw
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-12-12 · resigned 2024-05-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-12