CLAIRE'S HANDMADE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07182961 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-09
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 13.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£291.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10390
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 13.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.4 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
47 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £290,965
Net assets shrinking
Down £27,621 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£291k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Assets
£223k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £308.5k | £355.0k |
| Current assets | £223.4k | £288.0k |
| Cash | — | £140.6k |
| Debtors | — | £49.6k |
| Net assets | £291.0k | £318.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-02-14📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-02-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-21🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2013-01-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2012-12-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2010-03-09🏢Company incorporatedAs CLAIRE'S HANDMADE LIMITED
- 2010-03-09➕KENT, Claire Rebecca appointedsecretary
- 2010-03-09➕KENT, Claire Rebecca appointeddirector
- 2010-03-09➕KENT, Michael Anthony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Claire Rebecca Kent Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Michael Anthony Kent Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390
Registered office
George Moore Estate George Moor Industrial Estate
Fletchertown
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 1BA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
KENT, Claire Rebecca→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-03-09
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KENT, Claire Rebecca→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2010-03-09
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KENT, Michael Anthony→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2010-03-09
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 21/11/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage deed | 1 property | 18/01/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture deed | 1 property | 03/12/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (47 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05