D H WRIGHT JOINERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06244425 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-11
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 7.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£34.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 16220
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 16290SIC 16290
- 43320Joinery installation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 7.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
67 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £34,627
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£101k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Net Worth
£35k
↑ 280% YoY
Current Assets
£186k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £228.1k | £255.8k |
| Current assets | £186.3k | £245.8k |
| Cash | £100.7k | £109.9k |
| Debtors | £68.2k | £110.8k |
| Net assets | £34.6k | £9.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-06📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-10-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-12-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-12-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-11-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-11-16📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2020-09-30➕COTLER, Michael Philip appointeddirector
- 2020-09-30➖WRIGHT, David resigneddirector
- 2019-07-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2007-05-11🏢Company incorporatedAs D H WRIGHT JOINERY LIMITED
- 2007-05-11➕WRIGHT, Sharon Louise appointedsecretary
- 2007-05-11➕WRIGHT, Sharon Louise appointeddirector
- 2007-05-11➕WRIGHT, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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 "WRIGHT" — 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Philip Cotler Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/09/2020 |
Mrs Sharon Louise Wright Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/05/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Wrightceased 30/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16220 — SIC 16220
Registered office
14 Clifton Moor Business Village
James Nicolson Link
York
YO30 4XG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-08
Last: 2026-06-24
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
WRIGHT, Sharon Louise→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-05-11
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COTLER, Michael Philip→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2020-09-30
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WRIGHT, Sharon Louise→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2007-05-11
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WRIGHT, David→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2007-05-11 · resigned 2020-09-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/07/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (67 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07