8 STAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05955295 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-04
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£408.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of office and shop furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46470Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £408,394
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,529 YoY
Cash YoY
+140%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£604
↑ 140% YoY
Net Worth
£408k
↓ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£84k£168k£253k£337k£421kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£408.4k£420.9k
Current assets£1.1k£752
Cash£604£252
Net assets£408.4k£420.9k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-22
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-28
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-07-30
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    accounts · AA01
  8. 2020-10-14
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    capital · SH01
  9. 2020-10-06
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-23
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-30
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  12. 2017-07-21
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-13
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-01
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    officers · AP02
  16. 2016-02-29
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    ROSA ROSA LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  17. 2013-05-18
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    WOODER, Daniel resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As 8 STAGE LIMITED
  19. 2006-10-04
    ➕
    LITANZIOS, Philip appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-04
    ➕
    WOODER, Daniel appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-10-04
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    THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-10-04
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    THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-10-04
    ➕
    LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-10-04
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    LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED resigned
    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
  • +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 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Litanzios
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31010 — Manufacture of office and shop furniture

Registered office

8 St. Georges Court
Newark
NG24 1NW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LITANZIOS, Philip→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSA ROSA LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2016-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODER, Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-04 · resigned 2013-05-18
Resigned
THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-04 · resigned 2006-10-04
Resigned
LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-04 · resigned 2006-10-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
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accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-06