DOORSTUFF LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05764690 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-31
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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year to Mar 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47520Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 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
55 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2022-12-07
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  5. 2021-12-23
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  6. 2020-12-22
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  7. 2019-12-23
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  8. 2018-12-18
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  9. 2018-04-05
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  10. 2018-04-05
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  11. 2018-03-27
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  12. 2017-12-21
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  13. 2016-12-21
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  14. 2016-05-06
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  15. 2015-12-22
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  16. 2010-11-05
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    BUTLAND, Helen Paula appointed
    secretary
  17. 2010-11-05
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    BUTLAND, Helen Paula appointed
    director
  18. 2010-11-05
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    BUTLAND, Lynda resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As DOORSTUFF LIMITED
  20. 2006-03-31
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    BUTLAND, Ian Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-31
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    BUTLAND, Lynda appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 58. Early succession window.
  • 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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Helen Paula Butland
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/12/2016
Ian Andrew Butland
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
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
Incorporated2006-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740

Registered office

Wessex House
Teign Road
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 4AA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BUTLAND, Helen Paula→
secretary · appointed 2010-11-05
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BUTLAND, Helen Paula→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-11-05
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BUTLAND, Ian Andrew→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-03-31
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Active
BUTLAND, Lynda→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2010-11-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
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2025-12-23
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2025-03-27
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2024-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
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accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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2022-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08
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2020-12-22
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2020-03-26
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2019-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-28