ALCOVE CARPENTRY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07236559 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2018-03-03
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    PIECHOWKA, Andzelika resigned
    director
  12. 2018-02-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-02-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-02-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-03-15
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    PIECHOWKA, Adam appointed
    director
  18. 2017-03-15
    ➕
    PIECHOWKA, Adam appointed
    director
  19. 2017-03-15
    ➖
    PIECHOWKA, Adam resigned
    director
  20. 2014-10-02
    ➖
    PIECHOWKA, Adam resigned
    director
  21. 2014-04-01
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    PIECHOWKA, Andzelika appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCOVE CARPENTRY LIMITED
  23. 2010-04-27
    ➕
    PIECHOWKA, Adam appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Adam Piechowka
Individual · Polish · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Andzelika Piechowkaceased 15/03/2017· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2010-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Level 5a Maple House
149 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PIECHOWKA, Adam→
director · ~53y · appointed 2017-03-15
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Active
PIECHOWKA, Adam→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-03-15 · resigned 2017-03-15
Resigned
PIECHOWKA, Adam→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-04-27 · resigned 2014-10-02
Resigned
PIECHOWKA, Andzelika→
director · ~32y · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2018-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-21