SPECTRUM FLOOR-SITE LTD

🌳Matureactive
04464336 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-19
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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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
Active trading company 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
76 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-29
Average employees300

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  7. 2023-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-11-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-09-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2014-07-08
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    COY, David Paul Barrett resigned
    director
  19. 2013-05-03
    ➖
    CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2011-03-01
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    COY, David Paul Barrett appointed
    director
  21. 2006-07-01
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    HEAD (SAMUELS), Brenda appointed
    director
  22. 2004-02-25
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    SAMUELS, Susan resigned
    director
  23. 2002-06-19
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    Company incorporated
    As SPECTRUM FLOOR-SITE LTD
  24. 2002-06-19
    ➕
    SAMUELS, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 2002-06-19
    ➕
    CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2002-06-19
    ➕
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-06-19
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-06-19
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    SAMUELS, Susan 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Peter Anthony Samuels
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Ms Brenda Head (Samuels)
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

Unit 5 Burley Court Unit 5 Burley Court
Pillmere Drive
Saltash
Cornwall
PL12 6FH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last made up to: 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HEAD (SAMUELS), Brenda→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAMUELS, Peter Anthony→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2013-05-03
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2002-06-19
Resigned
COY, David Paul Barrett→
director · ~38y · appointed 2011-03-01 · resigned 2014-07-08
Resigned
SAMUELS, Susan→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-06-19 · resigned 2004-02-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-29
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01