CLOCKHOUSE FURNITURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC281686 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£778.1k
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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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 15.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.7 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: high (81/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
60 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 £778,064
Cash YoY
+65%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£136k
↑ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£778k
↑ 140% YoY
Current Assets
£196k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£156k£311k£467k£622k£778kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£808.7k£683.7k
Current assets£195.9k£138.7k
Cash£136.4k£82.7k
Debtors£20.1k£17.5k
Net assets£778.1k£324.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2026-02-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2026-02-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-18
    ➕
    PARRY, Robert Edward appointed
    director
  13. 2021-01-18
    ➕
    PARRY, Thomas Peter appointed
    director
  14. 2021-01-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-01-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-01-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2010-10-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2010-08-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2010-07-01
    ➕
    PARRY, Priscilla Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2005-03-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CLOCKHOUSE FURNITURE LIMITED
  23. 2005-03-17
    ➕
    PARRY, Priscilla Mary appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-03-17
    ➕
    PARRY, Nicholas Philip appointed
    director
  25. 2005-03-17
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-03-17
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

Clock House Workshop Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Clock House Workshop Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CLOCKHOUSE FURNITURE LIMITED
This company · SC281686

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Clock House Workshop Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/03/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nicholas Philip Parryceased 01/03/2025· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-03-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Drem Airfield
Fenton Barns
North Berwick
East Lothian
EH39 5AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

PARRY, Priscilla Mary→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-17
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Active
PARRY, Nicholas Philip→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-03-17
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Active
PARRY, Priscilla Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-07-01
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Active
PARRY, Robert Edward→
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-01-18
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Active
PARRY, Thomas Peter→
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-01-18
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-17 · resigned 2005-03-17
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
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property13/10/2010—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property06/08/2010—
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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-02-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-23