AEFALD EMBROIDERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC499995 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-21
    ➕
    MARSH, Colin William appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-07-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-07-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-03-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2015-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AEFALD EMBROIDERY LIMITED
  21. 2015-03-09
    ➕
    ETHERSON, Francis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Francis Etherson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Clarity Accounting (Scotland) Ltd
234 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 4QY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ETHERSON, Francis→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-03-09
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Active
MARSH, Colin William→
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-03-21
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Active

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19