A AND L FURNISHINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08583175 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-25
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 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees29002800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-08
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  3. 2023-05-17
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  4. 2022-07-11
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  5. 2021-05-25
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  6. 2020-05-22
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-05-15
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-06-28
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2017-06-28
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2017-06-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2017-05-20
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    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2017-05-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2017-05-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-28
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  16. 2016-05-12
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  17. 2016-02-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2013-08-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: A & a Furnishings Limited
  19. 2013-06-25
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    Company incorporated
    As A AND L FURNISHINGS LIMITED
  20. 2013-06-25
    ➕
    MCMANUS, Ian Patrick appointed
    director
  21. 2013-06-25
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    MCMANUS, Jacqueline appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Langdale 50 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Langdale 50 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A AND L FURNISHINGS LIMITED
This company · 08583175

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Langdale 50 Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting22/05/2017

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Farington Old Mill Unit 2, Farington Old Mill
Centurion Industrial Estate, Centurion Way
Leyland
PR25 4GU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-05
Last: 2026-04-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCMANUS, Ian Patrick→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-06-25
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Active
MCMANUS, Jacqueline→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-06-25
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—15/02/2016—
satisfied
A & a Furnishings
A & a Furnishings Limited
A registered charge1 property30/08/201320/05/2017
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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-25