A A CARPENTRY & BUILDERS LIMITED
Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-13🏢Company incorporatedAs A A CARPENTRY & BUILDERS LIMITED
- 2017-04-13➕KOK, Julie Anne appointeddirector
- 2017-04-13➕KOK, Osman appointeddirector
- 2017-04-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 high ·Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-26
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Osman Kok Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/04/2017 |
Mrs Julie Anne Kok Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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