M & M SPINK LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC348716 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-17
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47230
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1000-800

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-12
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    SPINK, Rudy Ashton appointed
    director
  3. 2025-07-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-09
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    SPINK, Sandra resigned
    secretary
  14. 2016-09-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-09-17
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    Company incorporated
    As M & M SPINK LTD
  19. 2008-09-17
    ➕
    SPINK, Martin appointed
    director
  20. 2008-09-17
    ➕
    SPINK, Sandra appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SPINK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

19/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SPINK, Rudy Ashton (same surname) appointed 2025-07-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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 Martin Spink
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · board control · significant influence09/09/2016

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
Incorporated2008-09-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47230 — SIC 47230

Registered office

10 Marketgate
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 1AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-05
Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SPINK, Martin→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-09-17
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Active
SPINK, Rudy Ashton→
director · ~21y · appointed 2025-07-12
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Active
SPINK, Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-17 · resigned 2016-09-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-05