COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01450677 · ltd · incorporated 1979-09-26
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 44.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£119.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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
3 live charges · oldest 44.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 44.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £119,153
Cash YoY
+35%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£106k
↑ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£119k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
£207k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £121.3k | £117.5k |
| Current assets | £206.6k | £251.7k |
| Cash | £105.8k | £78.6k |
| Debtors | £54.5k | £125.3k |
| Net assets | £119.2k | £115.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-23➕PETCH, Simon appointeddirector
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-23📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-02-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-02-23📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-12-31➕PETCH, Dorian appointedsecretary
- 2020-12-31➖LLOYD, Dianne Woodhouse resignedsecretary
- 2020-12-31➖LLOYD, Dianne Woodhouse resigneddirector
- 2020-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 1999-02-08➕LLOYD, Dianne Woodhouse appointedsecretary
- 1999-02-08➖LLOYD, Graham Benjamin resignedsecretary
- 1999-02-08➕LLOYD, Dianne Woodhouse appointeddirector
- 1999-02-08➖LLOYD, Graham Benjamin resigneddirector
- 1993-02-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1986-02-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1981-11-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1979-09-26🏢Company incorporatedAs COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PETCH, Simon (same surname) appointed 2021-09-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Simon Petch Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 31/08/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Dorian Petchceased 31/08/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Howgare Road
Broadchalke
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP5 5DR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
Active
PETCH, Simon→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2021-09-23
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LLOYD, Dianne Woodhouse→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-02-08 · resigned 2020-12-31
LLOYD, Graham Benjamin→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1999-02-08
LLOYD, Dianne Woodhouse→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 1999-02-08 · resigned 2020-12-31
LLOYD, Graham Benjamin→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · resigned 1999-02-08
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 09/02/1993 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 04/02/1986 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 30/11/1981 | — |
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Recent filings (95 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-02-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-23