ABLE OFFICE FURNITURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05263073 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-18
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 Aug 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 office and shop 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. 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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£59k£118k£176k£235k£294kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets—£210.4k
Current assets—£294.1k
Cash—£29.9k
Debtors—£165.6k
Net assets—£210.4k
Average employees5—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-20
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    CRONIN, Thomas Morgan George resigned
    secretary
  11. 2018-12-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-17
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  16. 2016-05-16
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2013-01-01
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    JACKSON, Jacqueline Carmel appointed
    director
  18. 2005-08-30
    ➕
    CRONIN, Thomas Morgan George appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-08-30
    ➖
    HARE, Paul resigned
    director
  20. 2004-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ABLE OFFICE FURNITURE LIMITED
  21. 2004-10-18
    ➕
    JACKSON, Paul Adrian appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-10-18
    ➕
    JACKSON, Paul Adrian appointed
    director
  23. 2004-10-18
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-10-18
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-10-18
    ➕
    HARE, Paul appointed
    director
  26. 2004-10-18
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2004-10-18
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 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
Mr Paul Adrian Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31010 — Manufacture of office and shop furniture

Registered office

Unit 8 Tafarnaubach Industrial Estate
Tafarnaubach
Tredegar
NP22 3AA
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

JACKSON, Paul Adrian→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-18
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Active
JACKSON, Jacqueline Carmel→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-01-01
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Active
JACKSON, Paul Adrian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-10-18
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Active
CRONIN, Thomas Morgan George→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-30 · resigned 2018-12-20
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-18 · resigned 2004-10-18
Resigned
HARE, Paul→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-10-18 · resigned 2005-08-30
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-18 · resigned 2004-10-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-18