MAROHOB LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC296295 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-30

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£-141.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 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

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £141,826

Cash draining

Cash down 62% YoY

Cash YoY

-62%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£10k

↓ 62% YoY

Net Worth

-£142k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↓ 36% 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	£-141.8k	£-116.6k
Current assets	£16.1k	£25.1k
Cash	£9.6k	£25.1k
Debtors	£6.5k	—
Net assets	£-141.8k	£-116.6k

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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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2014-01-31
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2006-01-31
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2006-01-31
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2006-01-30
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Company incorporated
As MAROHOB LTD
2006-01-30
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BROWN, Maurice Albert appointed
secretary
2006-01-30
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BROWN, Maurice Albert appointed
director
2006-01-30
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CANTWELL, Roslyn Elizabeth appointed
director
2006-01-30
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2006-01-30
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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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Maurice Albert Brown Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Roslyn Elizabeth Cantwell Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64	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

Incorporated2006-01-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

14 Drip Road

Stirling

FK8 1RA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-13

Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Maurice Albert→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-30

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BROWN, Maurice Albert→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-01-30

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Active

CANTWELL, Roslyn Elizabeth→

director · ~64y · appointed 2006-01-30

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2006-01-31

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2006-01-31

Resigned

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