MARLIN AGENCY LIMITED - THE

🌳Matureactive
NI007267 · ltd · incorporated 1968-05-02
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 37.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£52.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hospital activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
148 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,305

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£52k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£85k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£34k£51k£68k£85kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£52.3k£35.4k
Current assets£85.1k£65.0k
Net assets£52.3k£35.4k

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

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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
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-26
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  3. 2023-06-27
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  4. 2023-01-01
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  5. 2022-06-15
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  6. 2021-06-22
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  7. 2020-06-29
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  8. 2019-09-20
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  9. 2019-04-02
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  10. 2019-01-02
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  11. 2019-01-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2018-08-15
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  13. 2018-08-15
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  14. 2018-08-15
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  15. 2018-08-15
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  16. 2018-08-10
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    PINKERTON, Dillon John appointed
    director
  17. 2018-08-10
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    PINKERTON, Emma Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2018-08-02
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    MORELAND, Michael Andrew Dawson resigned
    secretary
  19. 2018-08-02
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    PINKERTON, Paul W resigned
    director
  20. 2017-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  21. 2003-04-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Ireland
  22. 1988-11-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland
  23. 1988-11-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland
  24. 1968-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As MARLIN AGENCY LIMITED - THE

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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 58 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kimberley Elizabeth Pinkerton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/09/2018
Mr Dillon John Pinkerton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1989 · age 37
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Paul Pinkertonceased 14/09/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1968-05-02
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC86101 — Hospital activities

Registered office

C/O Smc Accountants Ltd 15 Gilford Road
Portadown
Craigavon
Co. Armagh
BT63 5EF
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PINKERTON, Dillon John→
director · ~37y · appointed 2018-08-10
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Active
PINKERTON, Emma Elizabeth→
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-08-10
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Active
PINKERTON, Kimberley Elizabeth→
director · ~66y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORELAND, Michael Andrew Dawson→
secretary · resigned 2018-08-02
Resigned
PINKERTON, Paul W→
director · ~71y · resigned 2018-08-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bank of Ireland
Mortgage or charge1 property17/04/2003—
outstanding
The Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland
Mortgage1 property01/11/1988—
outstanding
The Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland
Debenture1 property01/11/1988—
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Recent filings (148 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-20