NORMAN FURNISHINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC333125 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-30
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-49.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £49,182

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£49k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£49k-£39k-£29k-£19k-£9k£451Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-49.2k£-49.2k
Current assets—£451
Cash—£7
Debtors—£444
Net assets£-49.2k£-49.2k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-07-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-28
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    HUMPHREYS, Graeme David resigned
    director
  7. 2023-02-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-06-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2017-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-06-01
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    HUMPHREYS, Kimberley appointed
    director
  19. 2007-10-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NORMAN FURNISHINGS LIMITED
  20. 2007-10-30
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Kenneth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-10-30
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Gillian appointed
    director
  22. 2007-10-30
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Kenneth appointed
    director
  23. 2007-10-30
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Graeme David appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 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

83/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Miss Kimberley Humphreys
Individual · British · DOB 05/1984 · age 42
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/07/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Kenneth Humphreysceased 31/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2007-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

Farries Kirk And Mcvean Tinwald Downs Road
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3SJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HUMPHREYS, Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-30
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Active
HUMPHREYS, Gillian→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-10-30
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Active
HUMPHREYS, Kenneth→
director · ~75y · appointed 2007-10-30
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Active
HUMPHREYS, Kimberley→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-06-01
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Active
HUMPHREYS, Graeme David→
director · ~49y · appointed 2007-10-30 · resigned 2023-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05