A.K. TIMMS & SONS LIMITED

📈Growthactive

01376504 · ltd · incorporated 1978-07-03

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (7 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

113 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £607,936

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£607.9k	£10.2k
Average employees	28	2800

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

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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TIMMS, Mark Edward appointed
director
2024-03-08
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2023-04-20
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BELLENGER, Jacqueline Margaret appointed
director
2015-03-10
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MERRIMAN, Deborah Jane appointed
director
2015-03-10
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TIMMS, Andrew Richard appointed
director
2012-01-09
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TIMMS, Kathleen Mary resigned
director
2005-09-23
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BELLENGER, Jacqueline Margaret appointed
secretary
2005-09-23
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WEBB, Malcolm Robin resigned
secretary
1978-07-03
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Company incorporated
As A.K. TIMMS & SONS 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TIMMS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TIMMS, Mark Edward (same surname) appointed 2025-01-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jeffrey Graham Timms Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Mr Philip Arthur Timms Individual · British · DOB 03/1942 · age 84	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Margaret Bellenger Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Mrs Deborah Jane Merriman Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Mr Andrew Richard Timms Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1978-07-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47520 — Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores

Registered office

80-82 Station Road

Brize Norton

Oxon

OX18 3QB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-28

Last: 2026-03-14