DUET CUSTOM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07404482 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46431
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
39 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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-29
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  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-03-01
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    BESTALL, John appointed
    director
  8. 2021-02-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-12-01
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    SEVERS, Ian Hurst appointed
    director
  13. 2018-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2012-03-20
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    BESTALL, John Graham resigned
    director
  19. 2011-10-16
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    SEVERS, Ian Hirst resigned
    director
  20. 2011-01-04
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    SEVERS, Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2011-01-04
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    SEVERS, Ian Hirst appointed
    director
  22. 2010-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As DUET CUSTOM LIMITED
  23. 2010-10-12
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    BESTALL, John Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tom Severs
Individual · British · DOB 08/1988 · age 38
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mr Ian Severs
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mr John Graham Bestall
Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2010-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46431 — SIC 46431

Registered office

7 Apartment 7
Glasshouses Mill
Glasshouses, Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 5AG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BESTALL, John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2021-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEVERS, Ian Hurst→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEVERS, Thomas→
director · ~38y · appointed 2011-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BESTALL, John Graham→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-10-12 · resigned 2012-03-20
Resigned
SEVERS, Ian Hirst→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-01-04 · resigned 2011-10-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31