C R STANLEY CARPETS (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09126338 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-11
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 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13931
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). 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 11.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees500500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-05-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2021-05-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2021-05-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2021-05-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-07-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2015-01-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2014-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As C R STANLEY CARPETS (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED
  19. 2014-07-11
    ➕
    STANLEY, Joyce Doris appointed
    secretary
  20. 2014-07-11
    ➕
    ADDISON, Steven John appointed
    director
  21. 2014-07-11
    ➕
    STANLEY, Charles Roy appointed
    director
  22. 2014-07-11
    ➕
    STANLEY, Charles Roy appointed
    director
  23. 2014-07-11
    ➕
    STANLEY, Joyce Doris appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STANLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven John Addison
Individual · Australian · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/03/2025
Mr Charles Roy Stanley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1941 · age 85
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Joyce Doris Stanley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Charles Roy Stanley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-07-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13931 — SIC 13931

Registered office

4-5 Russell Court
Palace Street
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 2AS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

STANLEY, Joyce Doris→
secretary · appointed 2014-07-11
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Active
ADDISON, Steven John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-07-11
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Active
STANLEY, Charles Roy→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-07-11
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Active
STANLEY, Charles Roy→
director · ~85y · appointed 2014-07-11
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Active
STANLEY, Joyce Doris→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-07-11
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—08/01/2015—
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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-05-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-05-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-05-11