CARRINGTON-FLEET TEXTILES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

01051022 · ltd · incorporated 1972-04-21

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 37.7y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 37.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

108 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31
Average employees	7

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-03
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-02-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-10-10
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2009-01-30
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FERGUS, Arthur Robert resigned
director
2007-08-21
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FERGUS, Arthur Robert appointed
director
2007-07-18
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MOYLE, Angela appointed
secretary
2007-07-18
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MOYLE, Robert Andrew appointed
director
2007-07-18
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BLEAKLEY, Phyllis resigned
secretary
2007-07-18
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BLEAKLEY, Phyllis resigned
director
2007-07-18
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FERGUS, Arthur Robert resigned
director
2007-07-18
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HOWARTH BLEAKLEY, Stephen resigned
director
2000-01-01
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FERGUS, Arthur Robert appointed
director
1992-10-06
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BANK, John Stephen resigned
secretary
1992-10-06
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BLEAKLEY, Phyllis appointed
secretary
1992-10-06
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BANK, John Stephen resigned
director
1991-10-24
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BLEAKLEY, Phyllis appointed
director
1988-10-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1972-04-21
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Company incorporated
As CARRINGTON-FLEET TEXTILES LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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

Carrington Fleet Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Carrington Fleet Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CARRINGTON-FLEET TEXTILES LIMITED

This company · 01051022

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
Carrington Fleet Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1972-04-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

Bee Hive Industrial Estate Crescent Road

Lostock

Bolton

Lancashire

BL6 4BU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

MOYLE, Angela→

secretary · appointed 2007-07-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MOYLE, Robert Andrew→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-07-18

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Active

BANK, John Stephen→

secretary · resigned 1992-10-06

Resigned

BLEAKLEY, Phyllis→

secretary · appointed 1992-10-06 · resigned 2007-07-18

Resigned

BANK, John Stephen→

director · ~80y · resigned 1992-10-06

Resigned

BLEAKLEY, Phyllis→

director · ~87y · appointed 1991-10-24 · resigned 2007-07-18

Resigned

FERGUS, Arthur Robert→

director · ~79y · appointed 2007-08-21 · resigned 2009-01-30

Resigned

FERGUS, Arthur Robert→

director · ~79y · appointed 2000-01-01 · resigned 2007-07-18

Resigned

HOWARTH BLEAKLEY, Stephen→

director · ~88y · resigned 2007-07-18

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	20/10/1988	—

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Recent filings (108 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-06-01

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2026-03-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-08

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2024-12-03

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-02-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-05-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-14

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-16

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2021-12-15

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-02-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-07