A G THOMAS (BRADFORD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00414605 · ltd · incorporated 1946-07-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 47.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46480
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 47.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
87 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.

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£38k£76k£115k£153k£191kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets—£186.1k
Current assets—£149.4k
Net assets—£191.2k
Average employees300—

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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-01-26
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    THOMAS, Arnold Gray resigned
    director
  9. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2007-05-02
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    THOMAS, Pauline Joy resigned
    director
  19. 1978-12-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 1946-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As A G THOMAS (BRADFORD) LIMITED

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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "THOMAS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 80 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Managing Director Sandra Mary Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 08/1945 · age 81
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest12/07/2017
Mrs Joy Lynn Exley
Individual · British · DOB 04/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/01/2021

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
Incorporated1946-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46480 — SIC 46480

Registered office

Tompion House
Heaton Road
Bradford
BD8 8RB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMAS, Sandra Mary, Managing Director→
secretary
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Active
EXLEY, Joy Lynn→
director · ~79y
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Active
THOMAS, Sandra Mary, Managing Director→
director · ~81y
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Active
THOMAS, Arnold Gray→
director · ~105y · resigned 2021-01-26
Resigned
THOMAS, Pauline Joy→
director · ~105y · resigned 2007-05-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/12/1978—
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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-23