ALDEBURGH DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05992482 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-08
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
£-27.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £27,023
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 8.2% YoY
Net Worth
-£27k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 8.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£27k-£21k-£14k-£8k-£2k£5kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-27.0k£-22.3k
Current assets£4.2k£4.6k
Cash£4.2k£4.6k
Net assets£-27.0k£-22.3k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    FEATHERSTONE, Pamela Rose resigned
    secretary
  2. 2025-12-10
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-10
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    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-06-08
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  5. 2024-06-15
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  6. 2023-08-26
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  7. 2022-08-15
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  8. 2021-06-29
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  9. 2020-08-20
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  10. 2019-08-31
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  11. 2018-05-11
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  12. 2017-04-21
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  13. 2016-05-12
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  14. 2015-12-06
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  15. 2015-08-25
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  16. 2014-12-03
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  17. 2006-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ALDEBURGH DESIGN LIMITED
  18. 2006-11-08
    ➕
    HICKS, Lucy Joanne appointed
    director
  19. 2006-11-08
    ➕
    HUNTING, David John appointed
    director
  20. 2006-11-08
    ➕
    FEATHERSTONE, Pamela Rose appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-11-08
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-11-08
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-11-08
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-11-08
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS 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 77 — 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 77 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David John Hunting
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2006-11-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Crasl Carlton Park House
Main Road
Saxmundham
IP17 2NL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HICKS, Lucy Joanne→
director · ~47y · appointed 2006-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNTING, David John→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FEATHERSTONE, Pamela Rose→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-08 · resigned 2025-12-10
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-08 · resigned 2006-11-08
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-08 · resigned 2006-11-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-10
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
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accounts · AA
2023-08-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-20