A. & A. STRAW SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02917588 · ltd · incorporated 1994-04-11

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	300	300

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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2021-12-24
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2020-12-31
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2019-10-28
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2017-11-20
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accounts · AA
2016-12-14
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accounts · AA
2016-04-17
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-22
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accounts · AA
2015-04-14
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2014-12-19
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2014-04-23
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2013-08-14
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HOLMAN, Daniel Andrew appointed
director
1994-04-11
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Company incorporated
As A. & A. STRAW SUPPLIES LIMITED
1994-04-11
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HOLMAN, Adele Barbara appointed
secretary
1994-04-11
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HOLMAN, Adele Barbara appointed
director
1994-04-11
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HOLMAN, Andrew Ernest appointed
director
1994-04-11
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-04-11
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-04-11
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1994-04-11
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Adele Barbara Holman Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/04/2016
Mr Andrew Ernest Holman Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/04/2016
Mr Daniel Andrew Holman Individual · British · DOB 09/1982 · age 44	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/04/2016

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

Incorporated1994-04-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Tithe Farm

York Road

Cliffe, Selby

North Yorkshire

YO8 6NU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-25

Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HOLMAN, Adele Barbara→

secretary · appointed 1994-04-11

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Active

HOLMAN, Adele Barbara→

director · ~70y · appointed 1994-04-11

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Active

HOLMAN, Andrew Ernest→

director · ~72y · appointed 1994-04-11

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Active

HOLMAN, Daniel Andrew→

director · ~44y · appointed 2013-08-14

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Active

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-04-11 · resigned 1994-04-11

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-04-11 · resigned 1994-04-11

Resigned

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