A HOUSE OF STONE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05505141 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-11

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30
Average employees	1000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-01-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-07
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-29
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move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2011-05-13
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WEBSTER, Darren Michael resigned
director
2005-07-11
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Company incorporated
As A HOUSE OF STONE LIMITED
2005-07-11
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WEBSTER, Carl Philip appointed
secretary
2005-07-11
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ROGERS, Richard Henry appointed
director
2005-07-11
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WEBSTER, Carl Philip appointed
director
2005-07-11
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WEBSTER, Darren Michael 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+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.

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 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Henry Rogers Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Carl Philip Webster Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-07-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Unit 28 Lake Enterprise Park

Caton Road

Lancaster

Lancashire

LA1 3NX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-13

Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

WEBSTER, Carl Philip→

secretary · appointed 2005-07-11

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Active

ROGERS, Richard Henry→

director · ~60y · appointed 2005-07-11

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Active

WEBSTER, Carl Philip→

director · ~50y · appointed 2005-07-11

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Active

WEBSTER, Darren Michael→

director · ~54y · appointed 2005-07-11 · resigned 2011-05-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2026-04-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-05

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-04