A61 WOODSEATS SEWING MACHINES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00849608 · ltd · incorporated 1965-05-20
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 60.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.08M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 60.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 60.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 £1,083,889
Cash YoY
+48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£527k
↑ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£579k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£217k£434k£650k£867k£1.1mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1.09M£1.08M
Current assets£578.7k£491.1k
Cash£527.2k£356.5k
Debtors£4.8k£87.1k
Net assets£1.08M£1.07M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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  3. 2024-10-08
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  4. 2024-09-17
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  5. 2024-09-17
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  6. 2024-09-17
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-08-09
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    BUTCHER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  8. 2024-08-09
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    BUTCHER, Peter resigned
    director
  9. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-13
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  11. 2023-07-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2022-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-13
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  15. 2020-03-17
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-11-08
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  17. 2019-06-14
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    address · AD02
  18. 2018-11-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2018-11-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2017-11-30
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    BUTCHER, Timothy John appointed
    director
  21. 1996-12-17
    ➕
    BUTCHER, Susan appointed
    director
  22. 1996-12-17
    ➖
    BUTCHER, James Edward resigned
    secretary
  23. 1996-12-17
    ➕
    BUTCHER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  24. 1996-12-17
    ➖
    BUTCHER, Barbara resigned
    director
  25. 1996-12-17
    ➖
    BUTCHER, James Edward resigned
    director
  26. 1996-12-17
    ➕
    BUTCHER, Peter appointed
    director
  27. 1966-02-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank LTD
  28. 1965-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As A61 WOODSEATS SEWING MACHINES LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy John Butcher
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2022
Mrs Susan Butcher
Individual · British · DOB 12/1945 · age 81
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Butcherceased 09/08/2024· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated1965-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47540 — Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores

Registered office

59 Sheffield Road
Dronfield
S18 2GF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BUTCHER, Susan→
director · ~81y · appointed 1996-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTCHER, Timothy John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-11-30
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Active
BUTCHER, James Edward→
secretary · resigned 1996-12-17
Resigned
BUTCHER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 1996-12-17 · resigned 2024-08-09
Resigned
BUTCHER, Barbara→
director · ~93y · resigned 1996-12-17
Resigned
BUTCHER, James Edward→
director · ~95y · resigned 1996-12-17
Resigned
BUTCHER, Peter→
director · ~82y · appointed 1996-12-17 · resigned 2024-08-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank LTD
Debenture1 property04/02/196621/11/2018

Recent filings (107 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13