ALAN WHEATLEY ART LTD

🌳Matureactive
06797344 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-21
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 4.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47781
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.2y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
43 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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-04-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Kevin Paul Doolin
  8. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-11-09
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    WHEATLEY, Mark Alan appointed
    director
  11. 2019-11-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-11-29
    ➖
    TOINTON, Kenneth Alan resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-11-29
    ➖
    PARSELL, Carol Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2009-11-29
    ➖
    TOINTON, Kenneth Alan resigned
    director
  21. 2009-01-29
    ➕
    WHEATLEY, Alan Harry appointed
    director
  22. 2009-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN WHEATLEY ART LTD
  23. 2009-01-21
    ➕
    TOINTON, Kenneth Alan appointed
    secretary
  24. 2009-01-21
    ➕
    PARSELL, Carol Ann appointed
    director
  25. 2009-01-21
    ➕
    TOINTON, Kenneth Alan appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WHEATLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 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 17 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
Mr Alan Harry Wheatley
Individual · British · DOB 04/1947 · age 79
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2009-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47781 — SIC 47781

Registered office

22 Masons Yard
St James
London
SW1Y 6BU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WHEATLEY, Alan Harry→
director · ~79y · appointed 2009-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEATLEY, Mark Alan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-11-09
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Active
TOINTON, Kenneth Alan→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-21 · resigned 2009-11-29
Resigned
PARSELL, Carol Ann→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-01-21 · resigned 2009-11-29
Resigned
TOINTON, Kenneth Alan→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-01-21 · resigned 2009-11-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Kevin Paul Doolin
A registered charge1 property26/04/2022—
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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-03