A1 GARDEN BUILDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04320360 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-09

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	700	700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

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2019-04-15
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HANCOCK, Daniel William Donald appointed
director
2019-04-15
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HANCOCK, Hannah Elizabeth appointed
director
2019-04-15
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HANCOCK, Mark David appointed
director
2013-04-06
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HANCOCK, Pamela May appointed
director
2007-01-31
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HANCOCK, Pamela May appointed
secretary
2007-01-31
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ROBERTSON, Ian resigned
secretary
2007-01-31
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ROBERTSON, Ian resigned
director
2001-11-09
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Company incorporated
As A1 GARDEN BUILDINGS LIMITED
2001-11-09
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HANCOCK, David John appointed
director
2001-11-09
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ROBERTSON, Ian appointed
secretary
2001-11-09
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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2001-11-09
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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2001-11-09
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ROBERTSON, Ian appointed
director
2001-11-09
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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2001-11-09
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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2001-11-09
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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2001-11-09
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 Mark David Hancock Individual · British · DOB 09/1980 · age 46	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	25/07/2023
Mr Daniel William Donald Hancock Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	25/07/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr David John Hancockceased 25/07/2023· 25-50% shares
Mrs Pamela May Hancockceased 25/07/2023· 25-50% shares

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-11-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

7 Acorn Business Park

Commercial Gate

Mansfield

Nottinghamshire

NG18 1EX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-16

Last: 2025-07-02