BOUGHTONS BEDROOM DESIGN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06018790 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.2y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees171600

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-04-01
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    BOUGHTON, Elizabeth Ellen resigned
    secretary
  5. 2023-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2015-12-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2010-05-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2006-12-08
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    BOUGHTON, Kenneth George appointed
    director
  19. 2006-12-08
    ➕
    BOUGHTON, Elizabeth Ellen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-12-08
    ➖
    DSG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-12-08
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    DSG DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2006-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BOUGHTONS BEDROOM DESIGN LIMITED
  23. 2006-12-05
    ➕
    DSG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-12-05
    ➕
    DSG DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOUGHTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 Kenneth George Boughton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1944 · age 82
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

319 319 Grafton Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L8 4YB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BOUGHTON, Kenneth George→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-12-08
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Active
BOUGHTON, Elizabeth Ellen→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-08 · resigned 2024-04-01
Resigned
DSG SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-12-05 · resigned 2006-12-08
Resigned
DSG DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-12-05 · resigned 2006-12-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property05/05/2010—
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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-05