CONTRAST KITCHENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05943002 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-21

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

£65.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 31020

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £65,439

Cash YoY

+31%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£134k

↑ 31% YoY

Net Worth

£65k

↑ 394% YoY

Current Assets

£227k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£103.1k	£60.4k
Current assets	£226.6k	£175.7k
Cash	£133.7k	£101.9k
Debtors	£31.4k	£13.2k
Net assets	£65.4k	£13.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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2026-06-08
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accounts · AA
2026-04-06
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BLACKLOCK, Laura appointed
director
2026-04-06
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CARSON, Leah Alexandra appointed
director
2026-04-06
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CARSON, Luke Alexander appointed
director
2025-07-10
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accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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2023-08-29
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2023-08-16
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officers · CH03
2023-08-15
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2023-08-10
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2023-05-12
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2023-03-09
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2023-03-09
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2008-01-08
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CARSON, Vivienne Antonine appointed
secretary
2008-01-08
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CARSON, Alexander appointed
director
2008-01-08
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CARSON, Vivienne Antonine appointed
director
2008-01-08
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2008-01-08
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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2006-09-21
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Company incorporated
As CONTRAST KITCHENS LIMITED
2006-09-21
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2006-09-21
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CARSON, Leah Alexandra (same surname) appointed 2026-04-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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 Alexander Carson Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/07/2016
Vivienne Antonine Carson Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/07/2016

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

Incorporated2006-09-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC31020 — SIC 31020

Registered office

James Watson House Montgomery Way

Rosehill Industrial Estate

Carlisle

CA1 2UU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-16

Last: 2025-07-02