BERBER LEATHER LTD
🌳Matureactive
09680547 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-10
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-26.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47890SIC 47890
- 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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, 3 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £26,418
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£26k
↓ 167% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-25.3k | £-9.9k |
| Current assets | £21.5k | £15.2k |
| Cash | — | £1.3k |
| Debtors | — | £1.7k |
| Net assets | £-26.4k | £-9.9k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-01➕BELHADJ, Mohamed appointeddirector
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-03📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2015-07-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BERBER LEATHER LTD
- 2015-07-10➕HARRISON, Paul Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2015-07-10➕STEVENSON, Rebecca Katharine appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Nicholas Harrison Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Rebecca Katharine Stevenson Individual · British · DOB 10/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles
Registered office
1 The Avenue
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL10 7AZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BELHADJ, Mohamed→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARRISON, Paul Nicholas→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2015-07-10
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STEVENSON, Rebecca Katharine→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2015-07-10
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Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-22
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-08-29