BUTTERFIELD (NATURAL STONE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02876684 · ltd · incorporated 1993-12-01

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-21
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officers · TM02
2026-05-14
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HUNT, Anthony Ivor resigned
secretary
2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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2023-07-20
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2022-07-19
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2021-08-13
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2020-10-29
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2019-07-26
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2018-07-25
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accounts · AA
2017-07-18
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accounts · AA
2016-07-26
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accounts · AA
2015-12-04
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-24
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accounts · AA
2015-03-31
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officers · AP01
2015-03-31
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officers · TM01
2015-02-13
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WORBOYS, Peter John appointed
director
2015-02-13
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WORBOYS, John Carl resigned
director
1999-12-31
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WORBOYS, Simon Anthony appointed
director
1999-12-31
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WORBOYS, Robert Ian resigned
director
1993-12-01
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Company incorporated
As BUTTERFIELD (NATURAL STONE) LIMITED
1993-12-01
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HUNT, Anthony Ivor appointed
secretary
1993-12-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-12-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-12-01
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WORBOYS, John Carl appointed
director
1993-12-01
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WORBOYS, Robert Ian appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Anthony Worboys Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/12/2016
Mr Peter John Worboys Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/12/2016

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

Incorporated1993-12-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

350 Selbourne Road

Luton Beds

LU4 8QF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

WORBOYS, Peter John→

director · ~59y · appointed 2015-02-13

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WORBOYS, Simon Anthony→

director · ~62y · appointed 1999-12-31

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Active

HUNT, Anthony Ivor→

secretary · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 2026-05-14

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 1993-12-01

Resigned

WORBOYS, John Carl→

director · ~88y · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 2015-02-13

Resigned

WORBOYS, Robert Ian→

director · ~83y · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 1999-12-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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officers · TM02

2026-05-21

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-03