A L SELLY FLOORING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04179988 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-15

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£35.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47510

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

64 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £35,036

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£35k

Current Assets

£44k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£35.0k	—
Current assets	£43.8k	—
Net assets	£35.0k	—
Average employees	—	500

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

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 (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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2024-12-28
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2023-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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accounts · AA
2019-12-28
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accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts · AA
2017-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-04-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-31
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accounts · AA
2015-05-06
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annual-return · AR01
2008-03-31
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SELLY, Dorothy May resigned
secretary
2001-10-05
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SELLY, Dorothy May appointed
secretary
2001-03-15
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Company incorporated
As A L SELLY FLOORING LIMITED
2001-03-15
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SELLY, Andrew Leslie appointed
director
2001-03-15
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SELLY, Natasha appointed
director
2001-03-15
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CENTRAL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-03-15
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CENTRAL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-03-15
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CENTRAL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2001-03-15
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CENTRAL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SELLY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Leslie Selly Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/02/2017
Mrs Natasha Selly Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/01/2017

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

Incorporated2001-03-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47510 — SIC 47510

Registered office

Unit 1 The Aspire Centre

Burford

Tenbury Wells

Worcestershire

WR15 8HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-01

Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SELLY, Andrew Leslie→

director · ~58y · appointed 2001-03-15

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Active

SELLY, Natasha→

director · ~59y · appointed 2001-03-15

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Active

SELLY, Dorothy May→

secretary · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2008-03-31

Resigned

CENTRAL SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-03-15 · resigned 2001-03-15

Resigned

CENTRAL DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2001-03-15 · resigned 2001-03-15

Resigned

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