ATTENBOROUGH JEWELLERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00363452 · ltd · incorporated 1940-10-04
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£1.56M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47770
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 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
8 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 37.2y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
136 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,564,627
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£112k
↑ 9.5% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 1.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.93M | £2.65M |
| Current assets | £1.17M | £1.15M |
| Cash | £111.9k | £102.2k |
| Debtors | £968.7k | £957.2k |
| Net assets | £1.56M | £1.53M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-04-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-01-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-01-06➕EDWARDS, Bryan Thomas Kelsall appointeddirector
- 2026-01-05➖EDWARDS, Bryan Thomas Kelsall resigneddirector
- 2025-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-12-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-12-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-11-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-24🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2021-12-24🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2021-08-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-08-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-08-03🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2021-08-03🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2021-08-03🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2021-08-03🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-02-15🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Together
- 2000-11-20🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2000-10-23🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1993-09-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1993-08-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1993-07-28➕EDWARDS, Charlton Bryan Kelsall appointedsecretary
- 1991-02-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1989-04-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Mrs. Audrey Wade
- 1940-10-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ATTENBOROUGH JEWELLERS LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Kelsall Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Kelsall Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ATTENBOROUGH JEWELLERS LIMITED
This company · 00363452
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kelsall Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1940-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47770 — SIC 47770
Registered office
Langley House
53 Theobald Street
Borehamwood
WD6 4RT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
EDWARDS, Charlton Bryan Kelsall→
Activesecretary · appointed 1993-07-28
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EDWARDS, Bryan Thomas Kelsall→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2026-01-06
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Active
EDWARDS, Bryan Thomas Kelsall→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 2026-01-05
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 24/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 24/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Together | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/02/2019 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/11/2000 | 03/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 23/10/2000 | 03/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 07/09/1993 | 03/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 07/02/1991 | 03/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | Mrs. Audrey Wade | Agreement | 1 property | 24/04/1989 | 23/08/1993 |
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Recent filings (136 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-01-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-02