ALBANY RADIO (ENFIELD) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01588593 · ltd · incorporated 1981-10-01
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 33.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 77299Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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
3 live charges · oldest 33.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.5 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: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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 (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | 900 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-07-06🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2004-08-05➕MILLWOOD, Richard Peter appointeddirector
- 2004-08-05➕MILLWOOD, Stephen John appointeddirector
- 2003-05-17➕MILLWOOD, Allan appointeddirector
- 2002-10-08➖MILLWOOD, David Peter resigneddirector
- 1996-02-06🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1993-01-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1993-01-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1981-10-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBANY RADIO (ENFIELD) LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Robin John Millwood Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47540 — Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Registered office
547 Hertford Road
Enfield
EN3 5UQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28
Officers (6 active · 1 resigned)
Active
MILLWOOD, Allan→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2003-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLWOOD, Richard Peter→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2004-08-05
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Active
MILLWOOD, Stephen John→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2004-08-05
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MILLWOOD, David Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2002-10-08
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 06/02/1996 | 06/07/2006 | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 28/01/1993 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 09/01/1993 | — |
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Recent filings (112 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27