ADRIAN SANDER FURNITURE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04703631 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-19

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

2025-12-20
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2024-12-15
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2024-01-08
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2022-09-26
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2021-10-26
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2020-09-07
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2019-08-14
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2018-10-23
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accounts · AA
2017-09-25
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accounts · AA
2016-09-16
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accounts · AA
2016-04-11
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-04-11
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officers · CH01
2015-09-23
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accounts · AA
2015-03-24
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2014-10-20
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2003-03-19
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Company incorporated
As ADRIAN SANDER FURNITURE LIMITED
2003-03-19
➕
SANDER, Hazel Mary appointed
secretary
2003-03-19
➕
SANDER, Adrian appointed
director
2003-03-19
➕
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-19
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-19
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-19
➖
WATERLOW NOMINEES 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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SANDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Adrian Sander Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-03-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

8 West Greens

Morpeth

Northumberland

NE61 1UW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-02

Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SANDER, Hazel Mary→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-19

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Active

SANDER, Adrian→

director · ~71y · appointed 2003-03-19

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2003-03-19

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2003-03-19

Resigned

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