AMAZING ARTS AND CRAFTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09331777 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-28
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£66.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £66,540

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£67k
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£72k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£14k£29k£43k£58k£72kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£66.5k£65.6k
Current assets£72.3k£69.1k
Net assets£66.5k£65.6k

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-08
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  2. 2024-08-14
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  3. 2023-08-14
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  4. 2022-09-26
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  5. 2021-08-12
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  6. 2021-02-01
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    REECE, Ian Phillip appointed
    director
  7. 2021-02-01
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  8. 2020-09-21
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  9. 2019-08-27
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  10. 2018-10-31
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  11. 2017-10-09
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  12. 2016-09-06
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  13. 2015-12-01
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  14. 2015-01-13
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  15. 2014-12-01
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    DAVIES, Jeffrey Alan appointed
    director
  16. 2014-11-28
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    Company incorporated
    As AMAZING ARTS AND CRAFTS LIMITED
  17. 2014-11-28
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    LOREY, Steven John appointed
    director
  18. 2014-11-28
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Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeffrey Alan Davies
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-11-28
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

423 Clydach Road Ynysforgan
Swansea
SA6 6QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, Jeffrey Alan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active
LOREY, Steven John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-11-28
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Active
REECE, Ian Phillip→
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-02-01
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
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2025-08-08
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2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-27