ALBANY CARPET CONTRACTS LIMITED

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03138282 · ltd · incorporated 1995-12-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£675.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
76 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £675,017
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£827k
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£675k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£875k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£175k£350k£525k£700k£875kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£675.0k£557.1k
Current assets£875.3k£756.4k
Cash£826.9k£685.6k
Debtors£30.3k£47.5k
Net assets£675.0k£557.1k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  5. 2021-09-20
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  6. 2020-09-30
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  7. 2019-09-18
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  9. 2017-09-14
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  10. 2016-12-23
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  11. 2016-07-27
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  13. 2016-01-07
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  16. 2009-04-30
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    MILLIGAN, Nicola Karen resigned
    secretary
  17. 2009-04-30
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    MILLIGAN, Nicola Karen resigned
    director
  18. 1997-07-01
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    RICHARDS, Arthur Wake resigned
    director
  19. 1995-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBANY CARPET CONTRACTS LIMITED
  20. 1995-12-15
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    RICHARDS, Simon Ashley appointed
    director
  21. 1995-12-15
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    MILLIGAN, Nicola Karen appointed
    secretary
  22. 1995-12-15
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1995-12-15
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-12-15
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    MILLIGAN, Nicola Karen appointed
    director
  25. 1995-12-15
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    RICHARDS, Arthur Wake appointed
    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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Ashley Richards
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
50–75%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Georgina Richards
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
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
Incorporated1995-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

4 Pavilion Court
600 Pavilion Drive Brackmills
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN4 7SL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

RICHARDS, Simon Ashley→
director · ~65y · appointed 1995-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLIGAN, Nicola Karen→
secretary · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 1995-12-15
Resigned
MILLIGAN, Nicola Karen→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
RICHARDS, Arthur Wake→
director · ~92y · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 1997-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

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2025-01-17
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2024-09-18
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2024-01-03
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2023-07-05
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2023-01-06
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2022-08-15
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2022-01-18
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2021-09-20
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2021-01-05
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2020-09-30
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2020-01-06
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2019-09-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-19