DISPLAY FOR SCHOOLS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06819652 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-16
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
44 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2020-01-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-12-05
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    address · AD01
  12. 2019-12-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-21
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2018-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-02-16
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    Company incorporated
    As DISPLAY FOR SCHOOLS LIMITED
  18. 2009-02-16
    ➕
    MURPHY, Sally Clare appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-02-16
    ➕
    MURPHY, Geoffrey James appointed
    director
  20. 2009-02-16
    ➕
    MURPHY, Sally Clare 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 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 17 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.)

Group structure

Cwm Products Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cwm Products Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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DISPLAY FOR SCHOOLS LIMITED
This company · 06819652

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cwm Products Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/11/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Geoffrey James Murphyceased 29/11/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2009-02-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Godmond Hall
Bowston
Kendal
Cumbria
LA8 9AD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MURPHY, Sally Clare→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-16
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MURPHY, Geoffrey James→
director · ~82y · appointed 2009-02-16
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MURPHY, Sally Clare→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-02-16
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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-21