A. & R. CORNER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02769133 · ltd · incorporated 1992-11-30
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 17.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£263.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 17.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.0 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 (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
96 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £263,938

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£264k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£273k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£59k£119k£178k£238k£297kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£263.9k£297.5k
Current assets£272.6k£297.5k
Net assets£263.9k£263.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-29
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    mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
    mortgage · MR05
  6. 2021-09-29
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    mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
    mortgage · MR05
  7. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2015-12-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-11-28
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    CORNER, Eileen Mary appointed
    secretary
  17. 2012-11-28
    ➖
    CORNER, Alexander resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-06-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  19. 2009-06-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  20. 1992-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As A. & R. CORNER LIMITED
  21. 1992-11-30
    ➕
    CORNER, Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 1992-11-30
    ➕
    CORNER, Richard Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 1992-11-30
    ➕
    CORNER, Alexander appointed
    secretary
  24. 1992-11-30
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1992-11-30
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1992-11-30
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1992-11-30
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 "CORNER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 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 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Alexander Corner
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Alexander Corner
Individual · British · DOB 05/1939 · age 87
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1992-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

28 Parkside
Hampton Hill
Hampton
TW12 1NU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CORNER, Eileen Mary→
secretary · appointed 2012-11-28
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Active
CORNER, Alexander→
director · ~87y · appointed 1992-11-30
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Active
CORNER, Richard Alexander→
director · ~60y · appointed 1992-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORNER, Alexander→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-30 · resigned 2012-11-28
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-11-30 · resigned 1992-11-30
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-11-30 · resigned 1992-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property02/06/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property02/06/2009—
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Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2021-09-29
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-29