A AND K HOME IMPROVEMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02003099 · ltd · incorporated 1986-03-24
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 30.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£32.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Glazing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), 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. 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 · oldest 30.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.0 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £32,574
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£33k
↑ 85% YoY
Current Assets
£137k
↑ 7.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £86.5k | £71.5k |
| Current assets | £136.9k | £127.5k |
| Net assets | £32.6k | £17.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-29➕ADAMS, Benjamin Trevor appointeddirector
- 2024-10-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-26➕ADAMS, Karen appointeddirector
- 2018-03-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2008-10-31➖KETTLE, Christopher Ross resigneddirector
- 1997-04-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1996-05-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1986-03-24🏢Company incorporatedAs A AND K HOME IMPROVEMENTS 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
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Trevor Adams Individual · British · DOB 08/1986 · age 40 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 24/10/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Karen Adamsceased 24/10/2024· 25-50% shares
- Mr David Adamsceased 24/10/2024· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 INTERIORS LTD→ 11156236 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| 1ST DIRECT GLAZIERS LTD→ 15684875 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| A AND H INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ 15201406 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A B L DEVELOPMENT LIMITED→ 04164123 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43342 — Glazing
Registered office
A & K House
Main Road
Alresford
Essex
CO7 8DB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
ADAMS, Benjamin Trevor→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2024-10-29
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Active
ADAMS, Karen→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2018-03-26
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KETTLE, Christopher Ross→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · resigned 2008-10-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Charge over credit balances | 1 property | 11/04/1997 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Charge over credit balances | 1 property | 20/05/1996 | — |
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Recent filings (94 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-27