MARVEY PROPERTIES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
NI067969 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£22.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 18.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £22,536
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£23k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£64k
↑ 8.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £575.8k | £571.8k |
| Current assets | £64.2k | £59.0k |
| Net assets | £22.5k | £18.5k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-02-01➖MARTIN, Bridgin Fiona Janet resigneddirector
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2015-11-10📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2008-05-16🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- 2008-05-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- 2008-05-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- 2008-04-02➕MARTIN, Paul Michael John appointedsecretary
- 2008-04-02➕MARTIN, Paul Michael appointeddirector
- 2008-04-02➖KANE, Dorothy May resignedsecretary
- 2008-04-02➖HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph resigneddirector
- 2008-04-02➖KANE, Dorothy May resigneddirector
- 2008-04-02➕MARTIN, Bridgin Fiona Janet appointeddirector
- 2008-02-05🏢Company incorporatedAs MARVEY PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 2008-02-05➕KANE, Dorothy May appointedsecretary
- 2008-02-05➕HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph appointeddirector
- 2008-02-05➕KANE, Dorothy May appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
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 Paul Michael Martin Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-02-05
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
52 Talbot Park
Londonderry
BT48 7TA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
MARTIN, Paul Michael John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MARTIN, Paul Michael→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2008-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KANE, Dorothy May→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-02-05 · resigned 2008-04-02
HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2008-02-05 · resigned 2008-04-02
KANE, Dorothy May→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 2008-02-05 · resigned 2008-04-02
MARTIN, Bridgin Fiona Janet→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2026-02-01
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Mortgage or charge | 1 property | 16/05/2008 | — | |
| outstanding | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Mortgage or charge | 1 property | 16/05/2008 | — | |
| outstanding | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Debenture | 1 property | 16/05/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20