AYRSHIRE BLINDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC090647 · ltd · incorporated 1984-11-21
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 27.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£199.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 27.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £199,293

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£199k
↑ 5.8% YoY
Current Assets
£247k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£49k£99k£148k£198k£247kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£244.3k£188.4k
Current assets£247.4k£167.3k
Net assets£199.3k£188.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-19
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  2. 2025-05-09
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    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-05-08
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    MACMILLAN, Lindsey appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-05-08
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    HOWAT, Andrew resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-05-08
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  6. 2025-05-08
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  7. 2024-08-26
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  8. 2023-07-17
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  9. 2022-08-02
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  10. 2022-01-27
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  11. 2021-07-02
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  12. 2020-11-20
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  13. 2020-10-02
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  14. 2020-10-02
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-09-07
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    WOOD, Nicola appointed
    director
  16. 2020-09-07
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    WOODS, Claire appointed
    director
  17. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  18. 2018-07-13
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  19. 2017-08-10
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  20. 2016-06-06
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  21. 2010-12-21
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    HOWAT, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  22. 2010-12-21
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    MOONIE, Amelia resigned
    secretary
  23. 1998-10-07
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 1998-09-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 1993-11-01
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    MOONIE, Adam Orr appointed
    director
  26. 1993-11-01
    ➖
    GALLOWAY, Gale resigned
    secretary
  27. 1993-11-01
    ➕
    MOONIE, Amelia appointed
    secretary
  28. 1993-11-01
    ➖
    GALLOWAY, Gale resigned
    director
  29. 1993-11-01
    ➖
    GALLOWAY, Terry resigned
    director
  30. 1984-11-21
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    Company incorporated
    As AYRSHIRE BLINDS LIMITED

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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 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

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
Mr Adam Orr Moonie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1945 · age 81
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1984-11-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

17 Kyle Road
Irvine Industrial Estate
Irvine
KA12 8JN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-17
Last: 2025-05-03

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

MACMILLAN, Lindsey→
secretary · appointed 2025-05-08
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Active
MOONIE, Adam Orr→
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-11-01
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Active
WOOD, Nicola→
director · ~47y · appointed 2020-09-07
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Active
WOODS, Claire→
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-09-07
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Active
GALLOWAY, Gale→
secretary · resigned 1993-11-01
Resigned
HOWAT, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2010-12-21 · resigned 2025-05-08
Resigned
MOONIE, Amelia→
secretary · appointed 1993-11-01 · resigned 2010-12-21
Resigned
GALLOWAY, Gale→
director · ~79y · resigned 1993-11-01
Resigned
GALLOWAY, Terry→
director · ~80y · resigned 1993-11-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property07/10/1998—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property15/09/1998—
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Recent filings (101 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-09
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-05-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-20