A. T. WARNER & SONS LIMITED

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04249273 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-10
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£503.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £503,296
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,871 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£503k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£96k
↓ 4.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£101k£202k£304k£405k£506kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£503.3k£506.2k
Current assets£95.5k£99.6k
Net assets£503.3k£506.2k

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 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2021-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-11-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-11-15
    ➖
    WARNER, Rachel Suzanne resigned
    director
  14. 2019-11-15
    ➖
    WARNER, Thomas Henry resigned
    director
  15. 2019-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-06
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    WARNER, Rachel Suzanne appointed
    director
  17. 2019-06-06
    ➕
    WARNER, Thomas Henry appointed
    director
  18. 2019-06-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-06-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2003-03-25
    ➕
    WARNER, Arthur Thomas appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-03-25
    ➖
    GALLAGHER, Peter Richard resigned
    secretary
  23. 2001-09-10
    ➕
    WARNER, Adrian Thomas appointed
    director
  24. 2001-07-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A. T. WARNER & SONS LIMITED
  25. 2001-07-10
    ➕
    WARNER, Arthur Thomas appointed
    director
  26. 2001-07-10
    ➕
    GALLAGHER, Peter Richard appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-07-10
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-07-10
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-07-10
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2001-07-10
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +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 "WARNER" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Arthur Thomas Warner
Individual · British · DOB 07/1939 · age 87
75–100%
—board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Carmel Lodge
Welland Road
Upton-Upon-Severn
Worcestershire
WR8 0SJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

WARNER, Arthur Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARNER, Adrian Thomas→
director · ~44y · appointed 2001-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARNER, Arthur Thomas→
director · ~87y · appointed 2001-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALLAGHER, Peter Richard→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-10 · resigned 2003-03-25
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-10 · resigned 2001-07-10
Resigned
WARNER, Rachel Suzanne→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-06-06 · resigned 2019-11-15
Resigned
WARNER, Thomas Henry→
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-06-06 · resigned 2019-11-15
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-10 · resigned 2001-07-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-27