OAKWOOD DOOR DESIGNS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
NI035907 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-31
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).
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Refinance opportunity
10 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 26.7y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
142 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £4,759,235
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Profit before tax | £4.76M | £5.32M |
| Average employees | 324 | 32600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-07➖OLIPHANT, Simon Brian John resigneddirector
- 2026-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-15➕SNODDY, Simon Grant appointeddirector
- 2024-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-12-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-11-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-11-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-11-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-11-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-11-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-11-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-11-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-11-28🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2022-11-28🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2022-11-28🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2022-11-28🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2022-11-28🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2022-11-28🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2022-11-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-11-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-11-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-11-10➖DONNELLY, Jessie Anne resigneddirector
- 2022-11-10➖DONNELLY, Rosaleen resigneddirector
- 2022-11-10🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Allied Irish Banks, P.L.C.
- 2022-11-10🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Aib Commercial Finance Limited
- 2022-09-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-09-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-07-26🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2018-12-13🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Northern Bank Limited
- 2018-03-21➕OLIPHANT, Simon Brian John appointeddirector
- 2018-03-14🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Northern Bank Limited
- 2017-03-07➕DONNELLY, Jessie Anne appointeddirector
- 2017-03-07➕DONNELLY, Rosaleen appointeddirector
- 2017-01-18🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Northern Bank Limited
- 2014-04-02➖DONNELLY, Edward resigneddirector
- 2010-11-22🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Ilcam S.P.A
- 2010-02-04🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Northern Bank Limited
- 2005-10-21➕DONNELLY, Eamon appointedsecretary
- 2005-03-23🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Northern Bank Limited
- 1999-09-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Northern Bank LTD
- 1999-09-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Northern Bank LTD
- 1999-04-30➕DONNELLY, Eamon appointeddirector
- 1999-04-30➕DONNELLY, Paul appointeddirector
- 1999-04-30➕DONNELLY, Edward appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 55 events
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Uform Trading Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Uform Trading Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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OAKWOOD DOOR DESIGNS LIMITED
This company · NI035907
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Uform Trading Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 13/12/2018 |
6 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Uform Holding Limitedceased 20/05/2020· board control · significant influence · firm interest
- Uform Properties Ltdceased 13/12/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Bgf Investments Lpceased 13/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Uform Properties Ltdceased 20/05/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mr Eamon Donnellyceased 10/12/2018· 25-50% voting
- Mr Paul Donnellyceased 10/12/2018· 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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
Incorporated1999-03-31
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture
Registered office
Creagh Business Park
Hillhead Road
Toomebridge
Co Antrim
BT41 3UF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04
Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)
Active
DONNELLY, Eamon→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1999-04-30
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DONNELLY, Paul→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 1999-04-30
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SNODDY, Simon Grant→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2024-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DONNELLY, Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 1999-04-30 · resigned 2014-04-02
DONNELLY, Jessie Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-03-07 · resigned 2022-11-10
DONNELLY, Rosaleen→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2017-03-07 · resigned 2022-11-10
KANE, Dorothy May→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 1999-04-30
MCNEILL, Eleanor Shirley→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 1999-04-30
OLIPHANT, Simon Brian John→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2018-03-21 · resigned 2026-04-07
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Mortgages & charges
10
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Allied Irish Banks, P.L.C. | A registered charge | — | 10/11/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Aib Commercial Finance Aib Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 10/11/2022 | — | |
| satisfied | Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/12/2018 | 28/11/2022 | |
| satisfied | Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 14/03/2018 | 28/11/2022 | |
| satisfied | Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited | A registered charge | 3 properties | 18/01/2017 | 28/11/2022 | |
| satisfied | Ilcam S.P.A | Indenture of mortgage and charge | 1 property | 22/11/2010 | 26/07/2019 | |
| satisfied | Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited | Charge | 2 properties | 04/02/2010 | 28/11/2022 | |
| satisfied | Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited | Solicitors letter of undertaking | 1 property | 23/03/2005 | 28/11/2022 | |
| satisfied | Northern Bank Northern Bank LTD | Mortgage or charge | 1 property | 22/09/1999 | 28/11/2022 | |
| satisfied | Northern Bank Northern Bank LTD | Mortgage or charge | 1 property | 22/09/1999 | 28/11/2022 |
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Recent filings (142 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-11-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-11-28