ARBOR BESPOKE CABINET MAKERS LTD
🌳Matureactive
08505476 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-26
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-221.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 31020
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 31090Manufacture of other furniture
- 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -97% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 3.6y
35/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~3.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £220,987
Very low cash
Cash position: £52
Cash draining
Cash down 97% YoY
Cash YoY
-97%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£52
↓ 97% YoY
Net Worth
-£221k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Assets
£201k
↑ 210% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £55.4k | £52.1k |
| Current assets | £201.2k | £64.9k |
| Cash | £52 | £1.5k |
| Debtors | £111.9k | £19.5k |
| Net assets | £-221.0k | £-208.3k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-11-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-06-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2022-12-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-12-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2022-09-23✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-08-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-03-11➕LANSLEY, Tina Mary appointeddirector
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-04-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ARBOR BESPOKE CABINET MAKERS LTD
- 2013-04-26➕LANSLEY, Richard Graham appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Richard Graham Lansley Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 30/06/2016 |
Mrs Tina Mary Lansley Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/11/2024 |
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31020 — SIC 31020
Registered office
Unit 24 Salisbury Road Business Park
Pewsey
Wiltshire
SN9 5PZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
LANSLEY, Richard Graham→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2013-04-26
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LANSLEY, Tina Mary→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2022-03-11
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/08/2023 | 13/06/2024 | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 20/12/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (44 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-30