ATELIER JOINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07311992 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-12
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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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees303100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-08-01
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    ALBISTON, Matthew Edward appointed
    director
  4. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2021-01-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-01-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-02-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-01-01
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    ALBISTON, Simon appointed
    director
  14. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-26
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-12
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ATELIER JOINERY LIMITED
  19. 2010-07-12
    ➕
    ALBISTON, David appointed
    director
  20. 2010-07-12
    ➕
    ALBISTON, Richard David appointed
    director
  21. 2010-07-12
    ➕
    SAMEDAY COMPANY SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-07-12
    ➖
    SAMEDAY COMPANY SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-07-12
    ➕
    WILDMAN, John appointed
    director
  24. 2010-07-12
    ➖
    WILDMAN, John resigned
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ALBISTON, Matthew Edward (same surname) appointed 2025-08-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Atelier Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Atelier Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ATELIER JOINERY LIMITED
This company · 07311992

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Atelier Group Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/07/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr David Albistonceased 30/07/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Richard David Albistonceased 30/07/2019· 25-50% 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
Incorporated2010-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Brunswick Works
Lowe Street
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 7NJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ALBISTON, David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALBISTON, Matthew Edward→
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-08-01
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Active
ALBISTON, Richard David→
director · ~43y · appointed 2010-07-12
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Active
ALBISTON, Simon→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAMEDAY COMPANY SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-07-12 · resigned 2010-07-12
Resigned
WILDMAN, John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-07-12 · resigned 2010-07-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-01-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-13