A FORDABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07474156 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-20
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 13.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£101.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 13.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £101,489
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£101k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£93k
↓ 7.0% 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 | £103.1k | £109.4k |
| Current assets | £93.5k | £100.6k |
| Net assets | £101.5k | £100.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-18✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-14➕COLE, Michael Alexander appointeddirector
- 2021-11-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2015-07-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2013-04-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2010-12-20🏢Company incorporatedAs A FORDABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2010-12-20➕COLE, Michael Ralph appointeddirector
Owner dependency
89/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
39/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — COLE, Michael Alexander (same surname) appointed 2021-12-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2024-07-18: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Donna Cole Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 15/03/2021 |
Mr Michael Ralph Cole Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 16/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112
Registered office
East Coast House
Galahad Road Beacon Park, Gorleston
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR31 7RU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
COLE, Michael Alexander→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2021-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COLE, Michael Ralph→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2010-12-20
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/07/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/07/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/04/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-19