MAILBOXES 247 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC363727 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-07
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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year to Aug 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Postal activities under universal service obligation
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
35 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31

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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Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-10-07
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  2. 2024-06-05
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  3. 2022-12-20
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  4. 2022-04-28
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  5. 2021-05-24
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  6. 2020-05-20
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  7. 2019-04-01
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  8. 2018-05-25
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  9. 2017-06-21
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  10. 2016-05-27
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  11. 2015-10-08
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  12. 2015-08-18
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  13. 2015-07-23
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  14. 2014-09-16
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  15. 2009-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As MAILBOXES 247 LIMITED
  16. 2009-08-07
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    BURNS, Terence appointed
    director
  17. 2009-08-07
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    RONNIE, Brenda appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Brenda Ronnie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
——board controlboard control17/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC53100 — Postal activities under universal service obligation

Registered office

5 Mitchell Street
Mitchell House
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH6 7BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURNS, Terence→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-08-07
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RONNIE, Brenda→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-08-07
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Recent filings (35 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
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accounts · AA
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
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accounts · AA
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
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accounts · AA
2020-05-20
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2020-04-08
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accounts · AA
2019-04-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-01