ALCOVE DESIGNS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06273076 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-07
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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
5 officers (3 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
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-15
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  4. 2023-01-10
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-31
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2017-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2016-06-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-06-14
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    JEST, Clare Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-06-14
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    JEST, Clare Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2007-06-14
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    JEST, William Kenneth appointed
    director
  20. 2007-06-14
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-06-14
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2007-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCOVE DESIGNS LTD
  23. 2007-06-07
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-06-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Kenneth Jest
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2007-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Savoy House, Savoy Circus
78 Old Oak Common Lane
London
W3 7DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JEST, Clare Mary→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-14
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Active
JEST, Clare Mary→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-06-14
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Active
JEST, William Kenneth→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-06-14
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-07 · resigned 2007-06-14
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-07 · resigned 2007-06-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-13