A.SCHOFIELD(PONTEFRACT)LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00314690 · ltd · incorporated 1936-06-02
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.86M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 77.6y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 77.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
103 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,861,952
Net assets shrinking
Down £31,096 YoY
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£3.9m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 90% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£779k£1.6m£2.3m£3.1m£3.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.92M£4.00M
Current assets£2.9k£28.7k
Cash£2.8k£3.6k
Debtors£65£25.1k
Net assets£3.86M£3.89M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-12
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    SCHOFIELD, Mary resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-06-06
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2023-06-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-12-28
    ➕
    SCHOFIELD, Charles Edward appointed
    secretary
  10. 2022-12-28
    ➖
    SCHOFIELD, David Archibald resigned
    secretary
  11. 2022-12-28
    ➖
    SCHOFIELD, David Archibald resigned
    director
  12. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2020-04-06
    ➕
    JACKSON, Lucinda Joy appointed
    director
  17. 2019-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-08-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2002-04-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 1999-06-30
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 1994-09-02
    ➖
    SCHOFIELD, David Haydn resigned
    director
  25. 1954-07-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank LTD
  26. 1948-12-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: J.S. Pilley
  27. 1936-06-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.SCHOFIELD(PONTEFRACT)LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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 "SCHOFIELD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 90 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Charles Edward Schofield
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1936-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Clump Grange Farm Havercroft Lane
Darrington
Pontefract
West Yorkshire
WF8 3BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SCHOFIELD, Charles Edward→
secretary · appointed 2022-12-28
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Active
JACKSON, Lucinda Joy→
director · ~25y · appointed 2020-04-06
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Active
SCHOFIELD, Charles Edward→
director · ~63y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCHOFIELD, David Archibald→
secretary · resigned 2022-12-28
Resigned
SCHOFIELD, David Archibald→
director · ~95y · resigned 2022-12-28
Resigned
SCHOFIELD, David Haydn→
director · ~66y · resigned 1994-09-02
Resigned
SCHOFIELD, Mary→
director · ~95y · resigned 2025-12-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank LTD
Debenture1 property23/07/195430/06/1999
satisfied
J.S. Pilley / D.F. Pilley / H.C. Pilley / H. Longley
Registered pursuant to an order of court dated 27 jan. 1949. legal charge1 property04/12/194813/04/2002

Recent filings (103 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-06
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-06-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12