MARIFA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC307006 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-17
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£138
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £138
Net assets shrinking
Down £33 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£138
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£7k£9kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£138£171
Current assets£8.3k£9.2k
Cash—£440
Debtors£8.3k£8.8k
Net assets£138£171

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2024-11-21
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  3. 2023-10-03
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  4. 2022-09-07
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  5. 2021-09-14
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  6. 2020-07-23
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  7. 2019-09-12
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  8. 2018-09-11
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  9. 2017-09-25
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  10. 2016-10-04
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  11. 2015-09-24
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  12. 2015-08-20
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  13. 2014-11-25
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  14. 2014-08-21
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  15. 2013-10-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-02-01
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    ROBERTSON, Lesley resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As MARIFA LIMITED
  18. 2006-08-17
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Mark Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2006-08-17
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    ROBERTSON, Lesley appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-08-17
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-08-17
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-08-17
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-08-17
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Alexander Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares17/08/2016

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
Incorporated2006-08-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

9 Forres Gate
Giffnock
Glasgow
G46 6NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Mark Alexander→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-17 · resigned 2011-02-01
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-17 · resigned 2006-08-17
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-17 · resigned 2006-08-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-09-11