ABOVE BOARD FIXINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05318368 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-21
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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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Floor and wall covering
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees200200

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
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-16
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  3. 2023-09-26
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  4. 2022-08-30
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  5. 2021-11-22
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  6. 2020-10-09
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  7. 2019-11-27
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  8. 2019-11-20
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    officers · TM02
  9. 2019-05-22
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    FIRST INSTANCE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  10. 2019-05-22
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-11-23
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  12. 2017-11-28
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  13. 2016-11-24
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  14. 2016-06-16
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    REED, Joseph appointed
    director
  15. 2016-06-16
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  16. 2016-06-16
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  17. 2016-01-11
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  18. 2012-06-30
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    REED, Stephen Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2012-06-30
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    REED, Stephen Mark resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-06-30
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    FIRST INSTANCE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2005-11-25
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    REED, Katrina Anne resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-11-25
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    REED, Katrina resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-11-25
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    REED, Stephen Mark appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-11-25
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    REED, Stephen Mark resigned
    director
  25. 2005-11-20
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    REED, Katrina Anne appointed
    director
  26. 2005-11-20
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    REED, Katrina Anne appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ABOVE BOARD FIXINGS LIMITED
  28. 2004-12-21
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    REED, Katrina appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-12-21
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    REED, Stephen Mark appointed
    director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Mark Reed
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Katrina Anne Reed
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43330 — Floor and wall covering

Registered office

3 Liverpool Gardens
Liverpool Gardens
Worthing
BN11 1TF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

REED, Joseph→
director · ~32y · appointed 2016-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REED, Katrina Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REED, Stephen Mark→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REED, Katrina Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-20 · resigned 2005-11-25
Resigned
REED, Katrina→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-21 · resigned 2005-11-25
Resigned
REED, Stephen Mark→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-25 · resigned 2012-06-30
Resigned
FIRST INSTANCE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-06-30 · resigned 2019-05-22
Resigned
REED, Stephen Mark→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-12-21 · resigned 2005-11-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-29
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accounts · AA
2025-06-17
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2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-09-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-11-20