B MCELWEE CARPENTRY & JOINERY LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13836173 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-09
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£645
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £645
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,437 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£645
↓ 69% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↑ 1511% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.7k | £2.8k |
| Current assets | £14.5k | £897 |
| Net assets | £645 | £2.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-07-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-07-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01➕DAVIES, Rio Naomi appointeddirector
- 2023-01-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-01-09🏢Company incorporatedAs B MCELWEE CARPENTRY & JOINERY LTD
- 2022-01-09➕MCELWEE, Bobby Joseph Daniel appointeddirector
- 2022-01-09📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCELWEE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Rio Naomi Davies Individual · British · DOB 04/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/03/2023 |
Mr Bobby Joseph Daniel Mcelwee Individual · British · DOB 02/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 09/01/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Similar companies
Active · Manufacturing · SG postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEGIS 4 SECURITY LTD→ 04287662 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| AUTOGATE SERVICES AND INSTALLATION LTD.→ 03999303 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| AUTOLUBE LIMITED→ 02703629 · est 1992 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 34y | — | — |
| B.A. CAULKETT LIMITED→ 02520447 · est 1990 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | — | — |
| BAMPTON STONE LIMITED→ 08073037 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| BANTON'S BUTTONS LTD→ 11162731 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| BARDEEN LTD→ 16858861 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BARRINGER MOULDINGS LTD→ 12102078 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| BASEMENT TEXTILES LIMITED→ 06055947 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| BDA EUROPE LTD→ 14641496 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BEECH PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 04555432 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| BEECHBAND LTD→ 15910106 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-01-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Registered office
17 Lily Edge
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
SG18 8YR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DAVIES, Rio Naomi→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2023-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCELWEE, Bobby Joseph Daniel→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2022-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (15 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-07-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-09