0'SULLIVAN INDUSTRIES, INC.

🌳Matureactive
FC019109 · oversea-company · incorporated 1996-02-01
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (44/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
no address, no SIC, incorporation date
55
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2006-09-18
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    legacy
    officers · BR6
  2. 2006-09-18
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    legacy
    annual-return · BR5
  3. 2006-04-19
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    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  4. 2006-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
    accounts · AA
  5. 2005-12-13
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    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  6. 2005-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
    accounts · AA
  7. 2005-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
    accounts · AA
  8. 2005-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
    accounts · AA
  9. 2005-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
    accounts · AA
  10. 2005-11-28
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    legacy
    annual-return · BR5
  11. 2005-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2005-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2005-11-15
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    legacy
    officers · BR6
  14. 2005-11-15
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    legacy
    officers · BR6
  15. 2001-04-17
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    legacy
    annual-return · BR4
  16. 2001-04-17
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    legacy
    annual-return · BR4
  17. 2001-04-17
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    legacy
    annual-return · BR4
  18. 2001-04-17
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    legacy
    annual-return · BR4
  19. 2001-02-27
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    legacy
    annual-return · BR4
  20. 2001-02-27
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    legacy
    officers · BR6
  21. 2001-02-27
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    legacy
    officers · BR6
  22. 2001-02-27
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    legacy
    annual-return · BR5
  23. 2001-01-12
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    legacy
    officers · BR6
  24. 2001-01-12
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    legacy
    officers · BR6
  25. 2001-01-12
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    legacy
    officers · BR6
  26. 1999-11-30
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    EDWARDS, Stephen F appointed
    director
  27. 1999-11-30
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    ROSSER, Harold O appointed
    director
  28. 1999-11-30
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    GEDDIE III, Rowland resigned
    director
  29. 1999-11-30
    ➖
    RIEGEL, Tyrone resigned
    director
  30. 1999-08-31
    ➖
    CRUMP, Terry resigned
    director
  31. 1996-03-27
    ➕
    GEDDIE III, Rowland appointed
    secretary
  32. 1996-03-27
    ➕
    O'SULLIVAN, Daniel appointed
    director
  33. 1996-03-27
    ➕
    CRUMP, Terry appointed
    director
  34. 1996-03-27
    ➕
    GEDDIE III, Rowland appointed
    director
  35. 1996-03-27
    ➕
    RIEGEL, Tyrone appointed
    director
  36. 1996-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As 0'SULLIVAN INDUSTRIES, INC.

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1996-02-01
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—

Registered office

1900 Gulf Street
Lamar
Missouri
64759-18799 Usa
United States

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2005-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GEDDIE III, Rowland→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-27
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Active
EDWARDS, Stephen F→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-11-30
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Active
O'SULLIVAN, Daniel→
director · ~85y · appointed 1996-03-27
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Active
ROSSER, Harold O→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-11-30
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Active
CRUMP, Terry→
director · ~76y · appointed 1996-03-27 · resigned 1999-08-31
Resigned
GEDDIE III, Rowland→
director · ~72y · appointed 1996-03-27 · resigned 1999-11-30
Resigned
RIEGEL, Tyrone→
director · ~84y · appointed 1996-03-27 · resigned 1999-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

legacy
officers · BR6
2006-09-18
legacy
annual-return · BR5
2006-09-18
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2006-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
accounts · AA
2006-04-19
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2005-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
accounts · AA
2005-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
accounts · AA
2005-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
accounts · AA
2005-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full-group
accounts · AA
2005-11-29
legacy
annual-return · BR5
2005-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2005-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2005-11-15
legacy
officers · BR6
2005-11-15
legacy
officers · BR6
2005-11-15
legacy
annual-return · BR4
2001-04-17