AH LIFESTYLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06754374 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-20
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 17.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-31
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    TONDATO, Carlo resigned
    director
  4. 2024-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2023-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-28
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  8. 2023-04-28
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  9. 2023-04-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-05-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-12-31
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    SAXTON, Timothy Lewis appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-12-31
    ➖
    PETERS, Linda Jo resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-11-29
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    HICKS, Marina appointed
    director
  21. 2010-11-29
    ➕
    HICKS, Marina appointed
    director
  22. 2009-06-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Grosvenor Estate Belgravia
  23. 2009-01-08
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    HICKS, Marina resigned
    director
  24. 2009-01-08
    ➕
    TONDATO, Carlo appointed
    director
  25. 2008-11-26
    ➖
    HICKS, Marina resigned
    secretary
  26. 2008-11-26
    ➕
    PETERS, Linda Jo appointed
    secretary
  27. 2008-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AH LIFESTYLE LIMITED
  28. 2008-11-20
    ➕
    HICKS, Marina appointed
    secretary
  29. 2008-11-20
    ➕
    HICKS, Marina appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Ms Marina Hicks
Individual · Italian · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

Flat 48 Melton Court
Onslow Crescent
London
SW7 3JH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SAXTON, Timothy Lewis→
secretary · appointed 2012-12-31
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Active
HICKS, Marina→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-11-29
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Active
HICKS, Marina→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKS, Marina→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-20 · resigned 2008-11-26
Resigned
PETERS, Linda Jo→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-26 · resigned 2012-12-31
Resigned
HICKS, Marina→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-11-20 · resigned 2009-01-08
Resigned
TONDATO, Carlo→
director · ~94y · appointed 2009-01-08 · resigned 2025-10-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Grosvenor Estate Belgravia
Rent deposit deed1 property12/06/2009—
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2023-04-28
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2023-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-11