A. FRAME LIMITED

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06761378 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-28
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£335.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £335,901
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,716 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 69% YoY
Cash YoY
-69%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£871
↓ 69% YoY
Net Worth
£336k
↓ 3.6% YoY
Current Assets
£451k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£90k£180k£271k£361k£451kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£345.8k£363.6k
Current assets£451.0k£422.8k
Cash£871£2.8k
Debtors£450.2k£419.9k
Net assets£335.9k£348.6k

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

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

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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  4. 2022-10-25
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  10. 2016-10-27
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  13. 2015-10-20
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  14. 2015-10-09
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  15. 2008-11-28
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    Company incorporated
    As A. FRAME LIMITED
  16. 2008-11-28
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    FRAME, John Andrew appointed
    director
  17. 2008-11-28
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2008-11-28
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-11-28
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    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  20. 2008-11-28
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FRAME" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Andrew Frame
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Melissa Jane Frame
Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2008-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

First Floor, Woburn Court 2 Railton Road
Woburn Road Industrial Estate, Kempston
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK42 7PN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

FRAME, John Andrew→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-11-28 · resigned 2008-11-28
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2008-11-28 · resigned 2008-11-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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2025-10-07
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2024-12-11
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2024-10-14
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2023-12-11
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2023-10-24
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2022-12-19
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2022-10-25
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2021-12-14
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2021-10-04
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2021-01-06
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2020-10-28
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2019-12-10
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2019-10-16
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2018-12-11