ALPHA DESIGNS UPHOLSTERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06770930 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2023
Net worth
£1.36M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,362,212

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£169k
Net Worth
£1.4m
Current Assets
£6.6m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2023-12-31
Total assets£1.87M
Current assets£6.62M
Cash£169.4k
Debtors£4.45M
Net assets£1.36M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-01-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-12-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-31
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2020-07-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  11. 2019-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-09-23
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2019-04-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-01
    ➕
    FLOATE, Charlotte Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2008-12-12
    ➕
    XYDHIAS, Constantino Harry appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-12-12
    ➕
    XYDHIAS, Constantino Harry appointed
    director
  20. 2008-12-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA DESIGNS UPHOLSTERY LIMITED
  21. 2008-12-11
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2008-12-11
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Miss Charlotte Ann Floate
Individual · British · DOB 06/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/12/2018
Mr Constantino Harry Xydhias
Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-12-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Unit 1 Stag Industrial Estate
Oxford Street
Bilston
West Midlands
WV14 7HZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last made up to: 2023-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

XYDHIAS, Constantino Harry→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLOATE, Charlotte Ann→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
XYDHIAS, Constantino Harry→
director · ~47y · appointed 2008-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2008-12-11 · resigned 2008-12-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—22/07/2020—
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Recent filings (51 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-31