SOUNDTEX PARTITIONS LIMITED
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -73% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.65M | £1.38M |
| Current assets | £4.57M | £2.61M |
| Cash | £406.0k | £1.51M |
| Debtors | £3.72M | £838.5k |
| Net assets | £1.63M | £1.34M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-04➕ANDERSON, Corey appointeddirector
- 2025-02-04➕ANDERSON, Neve appointeddirector
- 2025-02-04➖ANDERSON, Lesley Jane resigneddirector
- 2024-12-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-12-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-08-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-08-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-08-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-05-07➕ANDERSON, Lesley Jane appointeddirector
- 2013-12-23➖HAMILTON, James Burns resignedsecretary
- 2013-12-23➖HAMILTON, Bruce James resigneddirector
- 2013-12-23➖HAMILTON, James Burns resigneddirector
- 2013-01-15➕HAMILTON, James Burns appointedsecretary
- 2012-07-27➖BOSLEM, John Ferguson resignedsecretary
- 2008-11-30➕HAMILTON, Bruce James appointeddirector
- 2005-09-15➕ANDERSON, William Arthur appointeddirector
- 2004-04-10➕BOSLEM, John Ferguson appointedsecretary
- 2004-04-10➖HAMILTON, James Burns resignedsecretary
- 2004-04-10➕HAMILTON, James Burns appointeddirector
- 2004-04-10➖TRUMAN, Margaret resigneddirector
- 2001-04-02➖HAMILTON, Bruce James resigneddirector
- 2001-04-02➖HAMILTON, James Burns resigneddirector
- 2001-04-02➕TRUMAN, Margaret appointeddirector
- 1995-07-28➕HAMILTON, James Burns appointedsecretary
- 1995-07-28➖MANNION, Ann resignedsecretary
- 1995-07-28➕HAMILTON, Bruce James appointeddirector
- 1994-12-01➖LAZZERI, Franco resignedsecretary
- 1994-12-01➕MANNION, Ann appointedsecretary
- 1994-12-01➖BROWNLIE, John resigneddirector
- 1994-08-26➕LAZZERI, Franco appointedsecretary
- 1994-08-26➖TOWNSEND, Georgina resignedsecretary
- 1984-12-11🏢Company incorporatedAs SOUNDTEX PARTITIONS LIMITED
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ANDERSON, Corey (same surname) appointed 2025-02-04. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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
cleanGroup structure
Hattin Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hattin Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 05/12/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr William Arthur Andersonceased 05/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mrs Lesley Jane Andersonceased 05/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
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Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)
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