A B WINDOWS & JOINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04769909 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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

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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-18
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-04-12
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  8. 2023-02-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-07-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-05-19
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    Company incorporated
    As A B WINDOWS & JOINERY LIMITED
  18. 2003-05-19
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Bernadette appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-05-19
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Alan Keith appointed
    director
  20. 2003-05-19
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Bernadette appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-19
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-05-19
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-05-19
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-05-19
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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
Mrs Bernadette Robinson
Individual · English · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/07/2018
Mr Alan Keith Robinson
Individual · English · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/07/2018

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
Incorporated2003-05-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Wyresdale, Green Lane West
Garstang Preston
Lancashire
PR3 1NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-02
Last: 2025-05-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROBINSON, Bernadette→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Alan Keith→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Bernadette→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-19 · resigned 2003-05-19
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-19 · resigned 2003-05-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-04-18
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-04-12
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29