36 BOURNE STREET LTD

🌳Matureactive
09222460 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-17
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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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.03M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -73% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.2y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,034,193
Cash draining
Cash down 73% YoY
Cash YoY
-73%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£103k
↓ 73% YoY
Net Worth
£1.0m
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£751k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£219k£437k£656k£875k£1.1mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.05M£916.4k
Current assets£751.1k£1.09M
Cash£102.5k£377.5k
Debtors£326.9k£495.1k
Net assets£1.03M£844.1k

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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-02-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  5. 2024-07-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-10-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-10-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-10-19
    ➕
    LONG, Holly Rose appointed
    director
  11. 2023-10-19
    ➖
    BRIERLEY, Joanne Laura resigned
    director
  12. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-01-17
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  21. 2017-05-08
    ➖
    JD SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2016-02-23
    ➕
    BRIERLEY, Joanne Laura appointed
    director
  23. 2014-10-02
    ➕
    JD SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2014-09-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 36 BOURNE STREET LTD
  25. 2014-09-17
    ➕
    HOWE, Christopher Philip appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Philip Howe
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Joanne Laura Brierleyceased 19/10/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated2014-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

Suite Lu.231, The Light Bulb, 1 Filament Walk
Wandsworth
London
SW18 4GQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-07
Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HOWE, Christopher Philip→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-09-17
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Active
LONG, Holly Rose→
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-10-19
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Active
JD SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-10-02 · resigned 2017-05-08
Resigned
BRIERLEY, Joanne Laura→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-02-23 · resigned 2023-10-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—12/02/2025—
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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22