MUSHROOM MACHINE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI627624 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-04
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£325.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28930
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £325,093

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£325k
↑ 135% YoY
Current Assets
£298k
↑ 279% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£65k£130k£195k£260k£325kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£315.3k£203.8k
Current assets£298.0k£78.7k
Net assets£325.1k£138.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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  3. 2023-08-25
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  4. 2022-08-25
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  5. 2021-08-27
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-25
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-08-23
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    DAVISON, Clifford appointed
    director
  8. 2020-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-10
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-03-09
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    EDWARDS, Sharon Elizabeth resigned
    director
  11. 2019-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-08
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  13. 2017-11-07
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  14. 2017-08-02
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-02
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  16. 2017-08-02
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-08-01
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    EDWARDS, Alan Samuel appointed
    director
  18. 2014-11-04
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    Company incorporated
    As MUSHROOM MACHINE COMPANY LIMITED
  19. 2014-11-04
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Sharon Elizabeth 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 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Samuel Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Sharon Elizabeth Edwardsceased 02/08/2017· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2014-11-04
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC28930 — SIC 28930

Registered office

65 Old Ballynahinch Road
Lisburn
County Antrim
BT27 6TH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DAVISON, Clifford→
director · ~81y · appointed 2021-08-23
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Active
EDWARDS, Alan Samuel→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-08-01
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Active
EDWARDS, Sharon Elizabeth→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-11-04 · resigned 2020-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-10