A1 HOME IMPROVEMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05690427 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-27
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-22.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Glazing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £22,387

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
Net Worth
-£22k
↑ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£23k-£13k-£3k£7k£18k£28kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-22.4k£-22.9k
Current assets£24.3k£27.7k
Cash£2.9k—
Debtors£3.0k£23.7k
Net assets£-22.4k£-22.9k

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
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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-01-24
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    MILLER, Jane Sarah appointed
    director
  4. 2025-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-01-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-04-06
    ➖
    LILWALL, Deborah Ann Louise resigned
    director
  18. 2006-01-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 HOME IMPROVEMENTS LIMITED
  19. 2006-01-27
    ➕
    LILWALL, Deborah Ann Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-01-27
    ➕
    MILLER, Victor appointed
    director
  21. 2006-01-27
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-01-27
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-01-27
    ➕
    LILWALL, Deborah Ann Louise appointed
    director
  24. 2006-01-27
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-01-27
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MILLER, Jane Sarah (same surname) appointed 2025-01-24. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Victor Miller
Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board 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
Incorporated2006-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

Cranes House
29 Yaxham Road
Dereham
NR19 1HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LILWALL, Deborah Ann Louise→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-27
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Active
MILLER, Jane Sarah→
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-01-24
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Active
MILLER, Victor→
director · ~79y · appointed 2006-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2006-01-27
Resigned
LILWALL, Deborah Ann Louise→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2009-04-06
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2006-01-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01