AINTREE SOFA'S LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09789104 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-22
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
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| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-13➕HILL, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-03-08➖HILL, Christopher resigneddirector
- 2017-12-13📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2015-09-22🏢Company incorporatedAs AINTREE SOFA'S LIMITED
- 2015-09-22➕HILL, John appointeddirector
- 2015-09-22➕HILL, Christopher appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
31/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HILL, Christopher John (same surname) appointed 2021-09-13. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
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 |
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Mr Christopher John Hill Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/09/2021 |
Mr John Hill Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 21/09/2016 |
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
Incorporated2015-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Registered office
Unit 3 Unit E Liver Industrial Estate, Long Lane
Walton
Liverpool
Merseyside
L9 7ES
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
HILL, Christopher John→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2021-09-13
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Active
HILL, Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2015-09-22 · resigned 2018-03-08
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Recent filings (31 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29