MOBILE EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI036663 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-06

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 30990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

£751k

↑ 4.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£625.4k	£628.9k
Current assets	£750.6k	£719.3k
Debtors	£677.2k	£680.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-05-30
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accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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accounts · AA
2023-05-18
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accounts · AA
2022-06-08
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accounts · AA
2021-05-27
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accounts · AA
2020-05-28
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accounts · AA
2019-06-19
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accounts · AA
2018-05-10
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officers · TM02
2018-05-10
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officers · TM01
2018-05-04
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MC KEY, Eamon resigned
secretary
2018-05-04
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MC KEY, Eamon resigned
director
2018-03-09
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accounts · AA
2017-05-26
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accounts · AA
2016-05-23
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accounts · AA
2015-11-18
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-27
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accounts · AA
2011-10-26
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COSTELLO, Darren William appointed
director
2011-10-26
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WILSON, Frederick Thomas appointed
director
2011-10-26
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MC KEY, Eamon appointed
secretary
2011-10-26
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MC KEY, Eamon appointed
director
2011-10-26
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WILSON, Paul Weir resigned
director
2011-09-15
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MARTIN, David Alexander resigned
secretary
2010-02-22
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WILSON, Frederick George resigned
director
2000-09-04
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PALMER, Robert Desmond resigned
director
2000-09-04
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WILSON, Frederick George appointed
director
2000-09-04
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WILSON, Paul Weir appointed
director
1999-08-06
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Company incorporated
As MOBILE EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURES LIMITED
1999-08-06
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MARTIN, David Alexander appointed
secretary
1999-08-06
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PALMER, Robert Desmond 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Incorporated1999-08-06

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC30990 — SIC 30990

Registered office

7 Ean Hill

Holywood

County Down

BT18 9LQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-15

Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

COSTELLO, Darren William→

director · ~50y · appointed 2011-10-26

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Active

WILSON, Frederick Thomas→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-10-26

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Active

MARTIN, David Alexander→

secretary · appointed 1999-08-06 · resigned 2011-09-15

Resigned

MC KEY, Eamon→

secretary · appointed 2011-10-26 · resigned 2018-05-04

Resigned

MC KEY, Eamon→

director · ~61y · appointed 2011-10-26 · resigned 2018-05-04

Resigned

PALMER, Robert Desmond→

director · ~85y · appointed 1999-08-06 · resigned 2000-09-04

Resigned

WILSON, Frederick George→

director · ~100y · appointed 2000-09-04 · resigned 2010-02-22

Resigned

WILSON, Paul Weir→

director · ~58y · appointed 2000-09-04 · resigned 2011-10-26

Resigned

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