ANTONINE BUILDERS LTD
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £227.7k | £199.9k |
| Current assets | £251.2k | £270.9k |
| Cash | £208.9k | £177.1k |
| Debtors | £42.4k | £93.8k |
| Net assets | £192.5k | £178.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-04-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ANTONINE BUILDERS LTD
- 2017-01-16➕DEMPSEY, Thomas appointeddirector
- 2017-01-16➕HAMILL, Kevin appointeddirector
- 2017-01-16📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Thomas Dempsey Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 16/01/2017 |
Mr Kevin Hamill Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 16/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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