21ST CENTURY WINDOW CENTRES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08260761 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-19

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 5.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Glazing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.9y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 5.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (8 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	5	500

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-28
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-03-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC (Company Number 2065)
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-03-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-03-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-09-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-07-04
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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ADSHEAD, Gary appointed
director
2018-09-24
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HOOP, Andy appointed
director
2018-09-24
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MAGEEAN, Karen appointed
director
2018-09-24
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MCVEY, David appointed
director
2018-09-24
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MYERS, Laurence Sydney George appointed
director
2018-09-24
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MCVEY, John resigned
director
2018-09-24
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WHITTINGHAM, Vicki Alice resigned
director
2013-05-01
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MCVEY, John appointed
director
2013-05-01
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WHITTINGHAM, Vicki Alice appointed
director
2012-10-19
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Company incorporated
As 21ST CENTURY WINDOW CENTRES LIMITED
2012-10-19
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GAUGHAN, Edward appointed
secretary
2012-10-19
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GAUGHAN, Edward appointed
director
2012-10-19
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GAUGHAN, Michael 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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

Affordable Aluminium Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Affordable Aluminium Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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21ST CENTURY WINDOW CENTRES LIMITED

This company · 08260761

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
Affordable Aluminium Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	04/08/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Michael Gaughanceased 04/08/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Edward Gaughanceased 04/08/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-10-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

Affordable Business Centre Beacon Road

Poulton Business Park

Poulton-Le-Fylde

FY6 8JE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-02

Last: 2025-10-19