A1 CARPET & FLOORING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06149610 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-09

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£897

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47510

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.4y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 18.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £897

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,086 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£897

↓ 82% YoY

Current Assets

£141k

↓ 1.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£20.8k	£31.1k
Current assets	£140.7k	£142.7k
Net assets	£897	£5.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-07-02
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2024-07-20
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2023-06-09
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accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-14
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accounts · AA
2019-06-11
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accounts · AA
2018-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-12
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mortgage · MR04
2017-08-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-06-02
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accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-19
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-23
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accounts · AA
2015-04-03
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annual-return · AR01
2014-06-26
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2007-12-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2007-03-12
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DE FALCO, Natalie Anne appointed
secretary
2007-03-12
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DE FALCO, Natalie Anne appointed
director
2007-03-12
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DE FALCO, Richard appointed
director
2007-03-12
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-03-12
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD resigned
corporate-director
2007-03-09
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Company incorporated
As A1 CARPET & FLOORING LIMITED
2007-03-09
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-03-09
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Defalco Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/03/2017

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

Incorporated2007-03-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47510 — SIC 47510

Registered office

10-12 The Oval

Stevenage

Hertfordshire

SG1 5RB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DE FALCO, Natalie Anne→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-12

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Active

DE FALCO, Natalie Anne→

director · ~59y · appointed 2007-03-12

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Active

DE FALCO, Richard→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-03-12

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Active

KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2007-03-12

Resigned

KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2007-03-12

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	20/12/2007	12/08/2017