A - DOOR SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07270159 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-01
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 Mar 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2700

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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  3. 2023-11-08
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  4. 2023-07-13
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  5. 2023-07-12
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  6. 2023-07-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-07-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-24
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    HAYES, Justin Nicholas resigned
    director
  10. 2022-03-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-09-30
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    EGGLETON, John William resigned
    director
  12. 2021-09-30
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-08-19
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  14. 2021-06-01
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-11-02
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    PITMAN, Donna Louise appointed
    director
  16. 2020-11-02
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-07-31
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  18. 2019-07-17
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  19. 2018-07-30
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  20. 2017-08-08
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  21. 2013-04-06
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    EGGLETON, John William appointed
    director
  22. 2013-04-06
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    HAYES, Justin Nicholas appointed
    director
  23. 2010-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As A - DOOR SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  24. 2010-06-01
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    PITMAN, Andrew John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew John Pitman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Donna Louise Pitman
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/12/2019

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
Incorporated2010-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Lentells Ash House
Cook Way, Bindon Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 6BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PITMAN, Andrew John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PITMAN, Donna Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2020-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EGGLETON, John William→
director · ~82y · appointed 2013-04-06 · resigned 2021-09-30
Resigned
HAYES, Justin Nicholas→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-04-06 · resigned 2022-03-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-19