ALPHA 4 X 4 JOINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05073181 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-15
    ➕
    WHINNETT, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    secretary
  6. 2023-03-15
    ➖
    BIRCHCOOPER ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2023-03-15
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2023-03-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-10
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2019-10-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2018-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-09-22
    ➕
    WHINNETT, Malcolm Charles appointed
    director
  19. 2007-08-20
    ➖
    DEWAR, John Steven resigned
    director
  20. 2004-05-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2004-03-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA 4 X 4 JOINERY LIMITED
  22. 2004-03-15
    ➕
    WHINNETT, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    director
  23. 2004-03-15
    ➕
    BIRCHCOOPER ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2004-03-15
    ➕
    DEWAR, John Steven appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jacqueline Ann Whinnett
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-03-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Maple Cottages
8 Dove Lane
Harrold Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK43 7DF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WHINNETT, Jacqueline Ann→
secretary · appointed 2023-03-15
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Active
WHINNETT, Jacqueline Ann→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-03-15
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Active
WHINNETT, Malcolm Charles→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRCHCOOPER ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-03-15 · resigned 2023-03-15
Resigned
DEWAR, John Steven→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-03-15 · resigned 2007-08-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property27/05/200410/10/2019

Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-03-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26