AT STEPFRAMES LTD

🌳Matureactive
04166265 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-22
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
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
61 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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 dissolution
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 dissolution
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-27
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    dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS02
  3. 2026-03-26
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  4. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-10-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-23
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2021-12-22
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Timothy appointed
    secretary
  11. 2021-12-22
    ➕
    JONES, Clive Peter appointed
    director
  12. 2021-12-22
    ➖
    CROSBY, Neil Peter Trahar resigned
    secretary
  13. 2021-12-22
    ➖
    CROSBY, Neil Peter Trahar resigned
    director
  14. 2021-12-22
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2021-12-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-12-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-12-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2001-02-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AT STEPFRAMES LTD
  23. 2001-02-22
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Timothy appointed
    director
  24. 2001-02-22
    ➕
    CROSBY, Neil Peter Trahar appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-02-22
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-02-22
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-02-22
    ➕
    CROSBY, Neil Peter Trahar appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 78 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy Wright
Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/02/2017

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
Incorporated2001-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 5 Regents Court
Andover
SP10 5NX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WRIGHT, Timothy→
secretary · appointed 2021-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Clive Peter→
director · ~69y · appointed 2021-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Timothy→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROSBY, Neil Peter Trahar→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-22 · resigned 2021-12-22
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-22 · resigned 2001-02-22
Resigned
CROSBY, Neil Peter Trahar→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-02-22 · resigned 2021-12-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS02
2026-03-27
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-12-23
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-12-22