ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00973396 · ltd · incorporated 1970-02-27
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2023-10-05
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  7. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-10-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-10-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2008-04-22
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    FATTORINI, Gregory Thomas Buhler resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-02-08
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    FATTORINI, Thomas Robert Buhler appointed
    director
  19. 2007-02-08
    ➕
    FATTORINI, Gregory Thomas Buhler appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-02-08
    ➖
    FATTORINI, Thomas Peter resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-02-08
    ➖
    FATTORINI, Anna Frances resigned
    director
  22. 2007-02-08
    ➖
    FATTORINI, Thomas Peter resigned
    director
  23. 1999-07-15
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    FATTORINI, Gregory Thomas Buhler appointed
    director
  24. 1999-07-15
    ➖
    FATTORINI, Hugh Thomas resigned
    director
  25. 1995-10-20
    ➖
    FATTORINI, Hugh Thomas resigned
    secretary
  26. 1995-10-20
    ➕
    FATTORINI, Thomas Peter appointed
    secretary
  27. 1995-10-20
    ➕
    FATTORINI, Anna Frances appointed
    director
  28. 1970-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 56 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.)

Group structure

Thomas Fattorini (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Thomas Fattorini (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS LIMITED
This company · 00973396

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Thomas Fattorini (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/10/2023

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
Incorporated1970-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Skipton Castle
The Bailey
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1AW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

FATTORINI, Gregory Thomas Buhler→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FATTORINI, Thomas Robert Buhler→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FATTORINI, Gregory Thomas Buhler→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-08 · resigned 2008-04-22
Resigned
FATTORINI, Hugh Thomas→
secretary · resigned 1995-10-20
Resigned
FATTORINI, Thomas Peter→
secretary · appointed 1995-10-20 · resigned 2007-02-08
Resigned
FATTORINI, Anna Frances→
director · ~83y · appointed 1995-10-20 · resigned 2007-02-08
Resigned
FATTORINI, Hugh Thomas→
director · ~92y · resigned 1999-07-15
Resigned
FATTORINI, Thomas Peter→
director · ~94y · resigned 2007-02-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (110 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-10-06
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-03