M & H CLEANERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC473252 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-24
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
£80.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 94). 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 £80,129
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,707 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£80k
↓ 8.8% YoY
Current Assets
£113k
↑ 9.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£45k£68k£91k£113kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£80.1k£87.8k
Current assets£113.5k£103.7k
Net assets£80.1k£87.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
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    officers · RP04AP01
  3. 2024-10-09
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  4. 2024-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-05-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-05-03
    ➕
    HOLDEN, Caroline appointed
    director
  8. 2024-05-01
    ➖
    MCILWRAITH, Mary resigned
    director
  9. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-21
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  11. 2021-11-04
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  12. 2021-01-31
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  13. 2019-12-09
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  14. 2018-11-21
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-02
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  16. 2017-09-04
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-08-03
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As M & H CLEANERS LTD
  19. 2014-03-24
    ➕
    MURRAY, Helen appointed
    director
  20. 2014-03-24
    ➕
    MCILWRAITH, Mary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Helen Murray
Individual · British · DOB 04/1932 · age 94
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/03/2017

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
Incorporated2014-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

106 Abbot Road
Stirling
FK7 7UH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HOLDEN, Caroline→
director · ~72y · appointed 2024-05-03
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Active
MURRAY, Helen→
director · ~94y · appointed 2014-03-24
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Active
MCILWRAITH, Mary→
director · ~84y · appointed 2014-03-24 · resigned 2024-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-10