CURTIS FURNITURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03406972 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-22

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 25.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Feb 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.1y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (3 active, 17 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

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	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	113	10600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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officers · CH01
2026-03-18
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officers · CH01
2026-03-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-26
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accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
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mortgage · MR01
2021-08-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee
2021-05-10
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officers · TM02
2021-01-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-12-12
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REYNOLDS, Simon Lee resigned
secretary
2020-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
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accounts · AA
2018-11-23
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accounts · AA
2017-08-01
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BALL, Philip David resigned
director
2017-08-01
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WILLIAMS, Samuel resigned
director
2015-02-11
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BRETT, Gareth appointed
director
2015-02-11
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WILLIAMS, Samuel appointed
director
2014-10-01
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BALL, Philip David appointed
director
2012-12-21
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REYNOLDS, Simon Lee appointed
secretary
2012-12-21
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ROSS, Andrew James resigned
secretary
2012-10-04
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ROSS, Andrew James appointed
director
2012-10-01
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WILSON, Peter John appointed
director
2012-10-01
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WILSON, Peter John resigned
director
2012-03-09
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RAND, David Alan resigned
director
2011-10-20
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DAVIDSON, Simon resigned
director
2011-04-06
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RAND, David Alan appointed
director
2009-07-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2009-03-20
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WOOD, Steven Nigel resigned
director
2008-11-10
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WOOD, Steven Nigel appointed
director
2005-09-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2004-05-19
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HOPE, Stephen Graham resigned
director
2003-04-17
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HOPE, Stephen Graham appointed
director
2001-05-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1999-03-31
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DAVIDSON, Simon appointed
director
1998-04-08
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REYNOLDS, Andrew Craig appointed
director
1998-04-08
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REYNOLDS, Judith Ingrid resigned
secretary
1998-04-08
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ROSS, Andrew James appointed
secretary
1998-04-08
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REYNOLDS, Anthony Walter resigned
director
1998-04-08
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REYNOLDS, Judith Ingrid resigned
director
1997-07-28
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REYNOLDS, Judith Ingrid appointed
secretary
1997-07-28
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-28
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REYNOLDS, Anthony Walter appointed
director
1997-07-28
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REYNOLDS, Judith Ingrid appointed
director
1997-07-28
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-07-22
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Company incorporated
As CURTIS FURNITURE LIMITED

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Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Group structure

Curtis Furniture Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Curtis Furniture Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CURTIS FURNITURE LIMITED

This company · 03406972

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Curtis Furniture Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	12/12/2020

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Andrew Craig Reynoldsceased 12/12/2020· 25-50% shares
Mr Simon Lee Reynoldsceased 12/12/2020· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Unit 1b Haigh Park Road

Leeds

LS10 1RT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-13

Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (3 active · 14 resigned)

BRETT, Gareth→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-02-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

REYNOLDS, Andrew Craig→

director · ~59y · appointed 1998-04-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROSS, Andrew James→

director · ~59y · appointed 2012-10-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

REYNOLDS, Judith Ingrid→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-28 · resigned 1998-04-08

Resigned

REYNOLDS, Simon Lee→

secretary · appointed 2012-12-21 · resigned 2020-12-12

Resigned

ROSS, Andrew James→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-08 · resigned 2012-12-21

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-22 · resigned 1997-07-28

Resigned

BALL, Philip David→

director · ~59y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2017-08-01

Resigned

DAVIDSON, Simon→

director · ~57y · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 2011-10-20

Resigned

HOPE, Stephen Graham→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-04-17 · resigned 2004-05-19

Resigned

RAND, David Alan→

director · ~63y · appointed 2011-04-06 · resigned 2012-03-09

Resigned

REYNOLDS, Anthony Walter→

director · ~84y · appointed 1997-07-28 · resigned 1998-04-08

Resigned

REYNOLDS, Judith Ingrid→

director · ~82y · appointed 1997-07-28 · resigned 1998-04-08

Resigned

WILLIAMS, Samuel→

director · ~40y · appointed 2015-02-11 · resigned 2017-08-01

Resigned

WILSON, Peter John→

director · ~69y · appointed 2012-10-01 · resigned 2012-10-01

Resigned

WOOD, Steven Nigel→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-11-10 · resigned 2009-03-20

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-07-22 · resigned 1997-07-28

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Santander Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee	A registered charge	1 property	06/08/2021	—
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Charge of deposit	1 property	22/07/2009	—
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Charge of deposit	1 property	05/09/2005	—
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	29/05/2001	—

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Recent filings (112 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-18

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-04