ABSOLUTE HOME TEXTILES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07161338 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13921
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 13923SIC 13923
  • 47510SIC 47510
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 3 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-09-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2021-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2020-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2019-03-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2017-11-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2016-02-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ultimate Invoice Finance Limited
  19. 2012-12-11
    ➕
    SAEED, Kalsoom Akhtar appointed
    director
  20. 2010-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE HOME TEXTILES LIMITED
  21. 2010-02-17
    ➕
    SAEED, Kalsoom Akhtar appointed
    secretary
  22. 2010-02-17
    ➕
    SAEED, Muhammad Ajmel 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Muhammad Ajmel Saeed
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/02/2017

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
Incorporated2010-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13921 — SIC 13921

Registered office

10 Pearl Gardens
Bolton
BL3 6PF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SAEED, Kalsoom Akhtar→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-17
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SAEED, Kalsoom Akhtar→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-12-11
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Active
SAEED, Muhammad Ajmel→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-02-17
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Ultimate Invoice Finance
Ultimate Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge8 properties25/02/201609/11/2017

Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29