A50 OFFICE FURNITURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03978892 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-25
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£133.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
64 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 £133,321
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,194 YoY
Cash YoY
+8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£98k
↑ 7.7% YoY
Net Worth
£133k
↓ 1.6% YoY
Current Assets
£227k
↑ 7.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£45k£91k£136k£181k£227kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£140.5k£181.3k
Current assets£226.8k£211.1k
Cash£98.4k£91.3k
Debtors£89.5k£82.2k
Net assets£133.3k£135.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-10
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2021-05-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-05-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2020-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-11-09
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As A50 OFFICE FURNITURE LIMITED
  17. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    DRAYCOTT, Christopher William appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    DRAYCOTT, Christopher William appointed
    director
  19. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    DRAYCOTT, Lee appointed
    director
  20. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-04-25
    ➖
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-04-25
    ➖
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Christopher William Draycott
Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/04/2021
Mr Lee Draycott
Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/04/2021

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
Incorporated2000-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

14a Market Place
Uttoxeter
Staffordshire
ST14 8HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DRAYCOTT, Christopher William→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-25
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Active
DRAYCOTT, Christopher William→
director · ~75y · appointed 2000-04-25
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Active
DRAYCOTT, Lee→
director · ~52y · appointed 2000-04-25
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Active
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-25 · resigned 2000-04-25
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-25 · resigned 2000-04-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-05-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-05-11
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-15