AH DESIGN CREATIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08551495 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-31
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Turnover—£98.0k
Gross profit—£98.0k
Operating profit—£63.4k
Profit before tax—£63.4k
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-02-20
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  3. 2024-02-20
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  4. 2023-02-23
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  5. 2022-02-23
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  6. 2021-06-03
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  7. 2020-02-27
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  8. 2019-02-27
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  9. 2018-06-11
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  10. 2018-02-26
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  11. 2017-02-27
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  12. 2016-07-07
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  13. 2016-02-24
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  14. 2015-06-09
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  15. 2015-02-28
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  16. 2014-08-05
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    address · AD01
  17. 2013-05-31
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    Company incorporated
    As AH DESIGN CREATIVE LIMITED
  18. 2013-05-31
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    AXFORD, Victoria appointed
    director
  19. 2013-05-31
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    HARRISON, Andrew 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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 signal

Some 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Victoria Axford
Individual · British · DOB 11/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2017
Mr Andrew Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
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
Incorporated2013-05-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

385 Crewe Road Wistaston
Nantwich
Cheshire
CW5 6NW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AXFORD, Victoria→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-05-31
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Active
HARRISON, Andrew→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-05-31
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-27