A R MORRIS BUILDING & JOINERY CONTRACTOR LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12283689 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-28
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees600600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-05-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-04-25
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    MORRIS, Alison appointed
    director
  10. 2022-04-25
    ➕
    MORRIS, Owen appointed
    director
  11. 2022-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As A R MORRIS BUILDING & JOINERY CONTRACTOR LTD
  16. 2019-10-28
    ➕
    MORRIS, Adrian appointed
    director
  17. 2019-10-28
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MORRIS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 Adrian Morris
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/10/2019

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
Incorporated2019-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Westfield
Clun Road
Craven Arms
Shropshire
SY7 9QW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MORRIS, Adrian→
director · ~56y · appointed 2019-10-28
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Active
MORRIS, Alison→
director · ~56y · appointed 2022-04-25
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Active
MORRIS, Owen→
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-04-25
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-23