MBS INTER MAR LTD.

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SC184233 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-26

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£291.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £291,670

Net assets shrinking

Down £27,062 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£292k

↓ 8.5% YoY

Current Assets

£606k

↑ 21% 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	£291.7k	£318.7k
Current assets	£605.9k	£502.3k
Cash	—	£97.4k
Debtors	—	£404.9k
Net assets	£291.7k	£318.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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1998-03-27
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MCMAHON, Paul James appointed
secretary
1998-03-27
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BURNS, Stephen appointed
director
1998-03-27
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MCMAHON, Paul James appointed
director
1998-03-27
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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1998-03-27
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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1998-03-26
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Company incorporated
As MBS INTER MAR LTD.
1998-03-26
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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1998-03-26
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul James Mcmahon Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Burns Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-03-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Office 2.5 Kirkhill House Business Park

Broom Road East Newton Mearns

Glasgow

G77 5LL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-09

Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCMAHON, Paul James→

secretary · appointed 1998-03-27

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Active

BURNS, Stephen→

director · ~62y · appointed 1998-03-27

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Active

MCMAHON, Paul James→

director · ~60y · appointed 1998-03-27

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-26 · resigned 1998-03-27

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-26 · resigned 1998-03-27

Resigned

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