COUNTY CARPETS (WAREHOUSING) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14877962 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-18
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
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£5.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed transport with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,540

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£356
Net Worth
£6k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-31
Total assets£5.5k
Current assets£7.8k
Cash£356
Debtors£7.5k
Net assets£5.5k

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.

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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 (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-02-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2023-05-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COUNTY CARPETS (WAREHOUSING) LIMITED
  4. 2023-05-18
    STONER, James appointed
    secretary
  5. 2023-05-18
    STONER, James appointed
    director
  6. 2023-05-18
    STONER, Nicholas appointed
    director
  7. 2023-05-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-31

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Stoner
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/05/2023
Mr James Stoner
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

Legions Way
Old Castle Road
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 3SF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

STONER, James
secretary · appointed 2023-05-18
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Active
STONER, James
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-05-18
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Active
STONER, Nicholas
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-05-18
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-18