HOLLYWOOD FURNISHINGS LIMITED

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NI073999 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£66.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £66,933

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£67k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£130k
↑ 8.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£26k£52k£78k£104k£130kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£123.3k£120.4k
Current assets£130.0k£119.8k
Debtors£48.1k£26.3k
Net assets£66.9k£65.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-09-24
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  4. 2024-08-02
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-24
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    HOLLYWOOD, Dolores appointed
    director
  7. 2023-10-16
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2023-10-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-01
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    address · AD01
  17. 2016-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-01-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  19. 2009-09-29
    ➕
    HOLLYWOOD, Dolores appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-09-29
    ➖
    HELLINGS, John resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-09-28
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    Company incorporated
    As HOLLYWOOD FURNISHINGS LIMITED
  22. 2009-09-28
    ➕
    HOLLYWOOD, Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2009-09-28
    ➕
    HELLINGS, John appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

99/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 "HOLLYWOOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Dolores Hollywood
Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-09-28
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

24 Fallagh Road
Omagh
BT79 7QU
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HOLLYWOOD, Dolores→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-29
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Active
HOLLYWOOD, Dolores→
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-05-24
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Active
HOLLYWOOD, Michael→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-09-28
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Active
HELLINGS, John→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-28 · resigned 2009-09-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Mortgage debenture2 properties13/01/201016/10/2023

Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-13