A. BUTLER & SONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06358461 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-03
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
58 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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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-09-06
    ➕
    CALDWELL, Lynda appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-09-06
    ➕
    CALDWELL, James Rankin appointed
    director
  18. 2007-09-06
    ➕
    CALDWELL, Lynda appointed
    director
  19. 2007-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As A. BUTLER & SONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  20. 2007-09-03
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-09-03
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-09-03
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-09-03
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Rankin Caldwell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/05/2016
Mrs Lynda Caldwell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-09-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

45 Theobalds Road
London
WC1X 8SP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CALDWELL, Lynda→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALDWELL, James Rankin→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALDWELL, Lynda→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-09-03 · resigned 2007-09-03
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-09-03 · resigned 2007-09-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-03