1ST CHOICE STAIRLIFTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05032057 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-02
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees211700

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
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filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
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  2. 2024-11-14
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  3. 2023-07-03
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  4. 2022-07-04
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  5. 2022-02-10
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  6. 2022-02-10
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  7. 2021-07-08
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  8. 2020-12-14
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  9. 2019-11-25
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  10. 2018-11-29
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  11. 2017-09-07
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  12. 2016-11-18
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  13. 2016-02-17
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  14. 2015-11-24
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  15. 2015-02-24
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  16. 2004-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST CHOICE STAIRLIFTS LIMITED
  17. 2004-02-02
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    AFFLECK, Beverley Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-02-02
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    AFFLECK-MAJOR, Coral appointed
    director
  19. 2004-02-02
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    MAJOR, Colin Alfred appointed
    director
  20. 2004-02-02
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-02-02
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Coral Affleck-Major
Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Colin Major
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

25 Harris Road
Calne
Wiltshire
SN11 9PT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

AFFLECK, Beverley Jane→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-02
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Active
AFFLECK-MAJOR, Coral→
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-02-02
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Active
MAJOR, Colin Alfred→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-02-02
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-02 · resigned 2004-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
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2025-11-07
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2025-02-10
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accounts · AA
2024-11-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
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accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
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accounts · AA
2022-07-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
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officers · CH01
2022-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-10
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accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
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accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-05