ANDREW JORDAN FURNITURE LTD
🌳Matureactive
06003879 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-20
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 2025
Net worth
£-2.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 16290
Sector: Manufacturing
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 65). 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,772
Cash YoY
+44%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£8k
↑ 44% YoY
Net Worth
-£3k
↓ 432% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 55% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £99 | £3.0k |
| Current assets | £10.0k | £6.5k |
| Cash | £7.8k | £5.5k |
| Debtors | £2.2k | — |
| Net assets | £-2.8k | £-521 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-16➕JORDAN, Linda Robin appointeddirector
- 2021-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-12-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-11-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREW JORDAN FURNITURE LTD
- 2006-11-20➕JORDAN, Linda Robin appointedsecretary
- 2006-11-20➕JORDAN, Andrew Martin appointeddirector
- 2006-11-20➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-11-20➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JORDAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Linda Robin Jordan Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/07/2018 |
Mr Andrew Martin Jordan Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16290 — SIC 16290
Registered office
4 Mason Court Gillan Way
Penrith 40 Business Park
Penrith
CA11 9GR
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
JORDAN, Linda Robin→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-11-20
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JORDAN, Andrew Martin→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-11-20
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JORDAN, Linda Robin→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2022-03-16
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-20 · resigned 2006-11-20
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Recent filings (53 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24