JOHNSTONE CARPETS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC251500 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-20
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
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£11.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,688
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,702 YoY
Cash YoY
+34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↑ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£12k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£15k£23k£30k£38kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£18.4k£27.4k
Current assets£36.8k£37.9k
Cash£21.2k£15.8k
Debtors£8.8k£14.1k
Net assets£11.7k£17.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2022-05-04
    ➖
    RITCHIE, Paul resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-08-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2008-05-01
    ➕
    DUNCAN, John appointed
    director
  19. 2003-06-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JOHNSTONE CARPETS LIMITED
  20. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    MCLARDIE, Stephen William appointed
    director
  21. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    RITCHIE, Paul appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-06-20
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-06-20
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen William Mclardie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
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
Incorporated2003-06-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47530 — Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores

Registered office

21 Forbes Place
Paisley
PA1 1UT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23
Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DUNCAN, John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLARDIE, Stephen William→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RITCHIE, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-20 · resigned 2022-05-04
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-20 · resigned 2003-06-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-20 · resigned 2003-06-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-16