MARLO INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI042733 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-19

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2025-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-05-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-06-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-03-27
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annual-return · AR01
2002-06-18
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GAMBLE, Shona Elizabeth appointed
director
2002-06-18
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GAMBLE, William George Lapsley appointed
director
2002-06-18
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HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph resigned
director
2002-06-18
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KANE, Dorothy May resigned
director
2002-03-19
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Company incorporated
As MARLO INVESTMENTS LIMITED
2002-03-19
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GAMBLE, Shona Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2002-03-19
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HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph appointed
director
2002-03-19
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KANE, Dorothy May appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William George Lapsley Gamble Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	19/03/2017

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

Incorporated2002-03-19

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

22 Lodge Road

Coleraine

Co Derry

BT52 1NB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-02

Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GAMBLE, Shona Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2002-03-19

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Active

GAMBLE, Shona Elizabeth→

director · ~79y · appointed 2002-06-18

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Active

GAMBLE, William George Lapsley→

director · ~79y · appointed 2002-06-18

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Active

HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph→

director · ~52y · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2002-06-18

Resigned

KANE, Dorothy May→

director · ~90y · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2002-06-18

Resigned

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