A.H.RACKHAM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00632157 · ltd · incorporated 1959-07-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 32.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (4 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
124 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
77
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£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees3100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-11-01
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    RACKHAM, Camille Elizabeth Lyubov appointed
    director
  4. 2025-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-06-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-06-01
    ➖
    BAIRD, James Edward resigned
    director
  7. 2024-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-06-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-06-01
    ➕
    RACKHAM, Jack Arthur appointed
    director
  11. 2024-06-01
    ➕
    WILDMAN, Stuart David appointed
    director
  12. 2023-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-09-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-09-01
    ➕
    BAIRD, James Edward appointed
    director
  15. 2022-08-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-08-25
    ➖
    DUFF, William Peter resigned
    secretary
  17. 2021-08-25
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-08-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2013-07-09
    ➕
    DUFF, William Peter appointed
    secretary
  24. 2013-07-09
    ➖
    RACKHAM, Lyubov resigned
    secretary
  25. 2013-07-09
    ➖
    PAGE, Graeme William resigned
    director
  26. 2007-11-29
    ➖
    HUMPHREYS, Raymond resigned
    director
  27. 2006-07-27
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  28. 2006-07-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  29. 2006-07-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 2006-06-14
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  31. 2005-12-01
    ➕
    PAGE, Graeme William appointed
    director
  32. 2004-02-19
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  33. 2003-11-06
    ➖
    PARKER, Sarah resigned
    secretary
  34. 2003-11-06
    ➕
    RACKHAM, Lyubov appointed
    secretary
  35. 2003-05-12
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Raymond appointed
    director
  36. 2003-05-12
    ➖
    RACKHAM, Daisy Elizabeth resigned
    director
  37. 2001-09-01
    ➖
    BAIRD, Mervyn Edward Hozier resigned
    director
  38. 2001-03-12
    ➖
    O`CONNOR, Benjamin Patrick resigned
    director
  39. 1997-09-05
    ➕
    PARKER, Sarah appointed
    secretary
  40. 1997-09-05
    ➖
    RACKHAM, Daisy Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  41. 1997-05-07
    ➕
    O`CONNOR, Benjamin Patrick appointed
    director
  42. 1996-03-06
    ➖
    RACKHAM, Arthur Henry resigned
    director
  43. 1993-07-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  44. 1993-07-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  45. 1993-07-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  46. 1992-11-26
    ➖
    SHERLOCK, Charles David Richard resigned
    director
  47. 1959-07-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.H.RACKHAM LIMITED

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "RACKHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — RACKHAM, Camille Elizabeth Lyubov (same surname) appointed 2025-11-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Arthur Rackham
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1959-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

The Church 172 London Road
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 1XR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (4 active · 12 resigned)

RACKHAM, Camille Elizabeth Lyubov→
director · ~23y · appointed 2025-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RACKHAM, Jack Arthur→
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RACKHAM, James Arthur→
director · ~73y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILDMAN, Stuart David→
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUFF, William Peter→
secretary · appointed 2013-07-09 · resigned 2021-08-25
Resigned
PARKER, Sarah→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-05 · resigned 2003-11-06
Resigned
RACKHAM, Daisy Elizabeth→
secretary · resigned 1997-09-05
Resigned
RACKHAM, Lyubov→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-06 · resigned 2013-07-09
Resigned
BAIRD, James Edward→
director · ~50y · appointed 2023-09-01 · resigned 2025-06-01
Resigned
BAIRD, Mervyn Edward Hozier→
director · ~79y · resigned 2001-09-01
Resigned
HUMPHREYS, Raymond→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-05-12 · resigned 2007-11-29
Resigned
O`CONNOR, Benjamin Patrick→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-05-07 · resigned 2001-03-12
Resigned
PAGE, Graeme William→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2013-07-09
Resigned
RACKHAM, Arthur Henry→
director · ~104y · resigned 1996-03-06
Resigned
RACKHAM, Daisy Elizabeth→
director · ~102y · resigned 2003-05-12
Resigned
SHERLOCK, Charles David Richard→
director · ~85y · resigned 1992-11-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property14/06/2006—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property19/02/2004—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage2 properties30/07/199327/07/2006
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property30/07/199327/07/2006
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage2 properties30/07/199327/07/2006
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Recent filings (124 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13