CATWALK COLLECTION HANDBAGS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05471407 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-03
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 15120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees700600

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-26
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  4. 2024-03-18
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2024-03-18
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  6. 2024-03-18
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  7. 2024-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-18
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2024-03-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2024-03-18
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  11. 2024-03-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2024-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2024-03-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-10-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-07-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-07-15
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    PARK, Christie Alexandra Abbatt appointed
    director
  21. 2005-06-07
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-06-07
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-06-06
    ➕
    ABBATT, Michael Geoffrey appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-06-06
    ➕
    ABBATT, Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2005-06-06
    ➕
    ABBATT, Michael Geoffrey appointed
    director
  26. 2005-06-03
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    Company incorporated
    As CATWALK COLLECTION HANDBAGS LTD
  27. 2005-06-03
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2005-06-03
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Christie Alexandra Abbatt Park
Individual · British · DOB 01/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/03/2024
Mr Michael Geoffrey Abbatt
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Jane Abbatt
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-06-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC15120 — SIC 15120

Registered office

7-9 Macon Court
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 6EA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ABBATT, Michael Geoffrey→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-06
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Active
ABBATT, Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-06-06
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Active
ABBATT, Michael Geoffrey→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-06-06
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Active
PARK, Christie Alexandra Abbatt→
director · ~35y · appointed 2020-07-15
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-03 · resigned 2005-06-07
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-06-03 · resigned 2005-06-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-03-26
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-03-18
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-03-18
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-03-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-14