STAFFORD CHARLES LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
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- 2020-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
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- 2017-04-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-02-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-02-11📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2016-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-01-20🏢Company incorporatedAs STAFFORD CHARLES LIMITED
- 2010-01-20➕GWA COSEC LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-01-20➕CHARLES, Fraser Mark Stafford appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHARLES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Fraser Mark Stafford Charles Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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