DESIGN YOUR LIFESTYLE (WARRINGTON) LTD

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07841064 · ltd · incorporated 2011-11-09

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46740

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.4y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 5.4 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	700	600

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-10-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-09-01
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MEMON, Suraya appointed
director
2022-09-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-07-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-10-26
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-10-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-02-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-08-03
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EVANS, Kathryn appointed
secretary
2018-08-03
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DAVIES, Barry appointed
director
2018-08-03
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EVANS, Dennis appointed
director
2018-08-03
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EVANS, Kathryn Elizabeth appointed
director
2018-08-03
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VICTANIS ADVISORY SERVICES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2018-08-03
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FOURNIER - BIDOZ, Bernard Edouard, Benjamin resigned
director
2018-08-03
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FOURNIER - BIDOZ, Pierre Marcel, Eugène resigned
director
2014-06-18
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VANGUARD INTELLIGENCE LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2014-06-18
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VICTANIS ADVISORY SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-11-09
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Company incorporated
As DESIGN YOUR LIFESTYLE (WARRINGTON) LTD
2011-11-09
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VANGUARD INTELLIGENCE LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-11-09
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FOURNIER - BIDOZ, Bernard Edouard, Benjamin appointed
director
2011-11-09
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FOURNIER - BIDOZ, Pierre Marcel, Eugène appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+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

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Design Your Lifestyle Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Design Your Lifestyle Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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DESIGN YOUR LIFESTYLE (WARRINGTON) LTD

This company · 07841064

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Design Your Lifestyle Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	03/08/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Fournierceased 03/08/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-11-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740

Registered office

280 Winwick Road

Unit 1

Warrington

WA2 8HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last: 2025-10-17