CHRISTMAS STOCKHOLDERS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
01060397 · ltd · incorporated 1972-07-05
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
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46720
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 53.7y

40/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 53.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 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
113 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 · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £52,549
Slipped into loss
Moved from profit to loss this year

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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Profit before tax£-52.5k£94.3k
Average employees363500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-22
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  2. 2025-06-27
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  3. 2024-06-17
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  4. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  5. 2022-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-16
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-09
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-06-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  9. 2020-07-31
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    ARROWSMITH, Paul William resigned
    director
  10. 2020-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-28
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  12. 2019-01-10
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    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2018-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-26
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  15. 2018-06-25
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  16. 2017-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-01-01
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    CHRISTMAS, Ian Charles appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-12-31
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    COOKSON, John Henry resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-12-21
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    COOKSON, John Henry resigned
    director
  20. 1992-08-27
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    CHRISTMAS, Ian Charles appointed
    director
  21. 1992-08-27
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    ARROWSMITH, Paul William appointed
    director
  22. 1992-07-24
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    KOOPMANN, Hans resigned
    director
  23. 1991-12-24
    ➖
    MAGUIRE, Michael Richard resigned
    director
  24. 1991-12-17
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Dennis John Kelly resigned
    director
  25. 1979-04-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank LTD
  26. 1972-11-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Williams & Glyn's Bank LTD
  27. 1972-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CHRISTMAS STOCKHOLDERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "CHRISTMAS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 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 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

Danx Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Danx Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CHRISTMAS STOCKHOLDERS LIMITED
This company · 01060397

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Danx Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting04/06/2017
Mr Daniel Christmas
Individual · British · DOB 02/1941 · age 85
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1972-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46720 — SIC 46720

Registered office

Ainsdale Drive
Harlescott
Shrewsbury
Shrops
SY1 3TL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-17
Last: 2026-06-03

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

CHRISTMAS, Ian Charles→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHRISTMAS, Daniel→
director · ~85y
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Active
CHRISTMAS, Ian Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 1992-08-27
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Active
COOKSON, John Henry→
secretary · resigned 2001-12-31
Resigned
ARROWSMITH, Paul William→
director · ~76y · appointed 1992-08-27 · resigned 2020-07-31
Resigned
COOKSON, John Henry→
director · ~90y · resigned 2001-12-21
Resigned
KOOPMANN, Hans→
director · ~102y · resigned 1992-07-24
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Michael Richard→
director · ~92y · resigned 1991-12-24
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Dennis John Kelly→
director · ~102y · resigned 1991-12-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank LTD
Debenture1 property06/04/1979—
outstanding
Williams & Glyn's Bank
Williams & Glyn's Bank LTD
Debenture2 properties20/11/1972—
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Recent filings (113 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15