ARTISAN JOINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04650027 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-28
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees700800

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 address
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-02-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2026-02-03
    ➖
    CHRISTIE, David resigned
    secretary
  5. 2026-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2026-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-02-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2019-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTISAN JOINERY LIMITED
  18. 2003-01-28
    ➕
    CHRISTIE, David appointed
    director
  19. 2003-01-28
    ➕
    CHRISTIE, Peter Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2003-01-28
    ➕
    CHRISTIE, David appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-01-28
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-01-28
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 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

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 76 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Christie
Individual · English · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Peter Michael Christie
Individual · English · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
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
Incorporated2003-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Artisan Joinery Limited Station Industrial Estate
Low Prudhoe
Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42 6NP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CHRISTIE, David→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-01-28
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Active
CHRISTIE, Peter Michael→
director · ~47y · appointed 2003-01-28
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Active
CHRISTIE, David→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-28 · resigned 2026-02-03
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-28 · resigned 2003-01-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04