A.E.HARRIS & COMPANY(BIRMINGHAM)LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00237345 · ltd · incorporated 1929-02-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.9y

35/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Charge age ~3.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
125 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees333300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2023-08-09
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    CATTANACH, David Stuart resigned
    director
  5. 2023-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-07-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  8. 2022-05-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-05-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-05-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-04-29
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    LUCKOCK, Russell Guy resigned
    director
  12. 2022-04-29
    ➖
    PATTERSON, Jonathan Philip resigned
    director
  13. 2022-04-29
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    SLOYAN, John Thomas resigned
    director
  14. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-04-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2020-12-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2020-05-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2020-05-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  22. 2020-03-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  23. 2020-03-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2020-02-06
    ➖
    LUCKOCK, June resigned
    secretary
  25. 2020-02-06
    ➖
    LOWNDES, Jean Constance resigned
    director
  26. 2020-02-06
    ➖
    LUCKOCK, June resigned
    director
  27. 2012-12-31
    ➖
    ESSEX, Martin Wilfred resigned
    director
  28. 2010-08-27
    ➕
    SMITH, Jeremy Charles appointed
    director
  29. 2010-08-27
    ➕
    CATTANACH, David Stuart appointed
    director
  30. 1998-12-31
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Shaun Neill Boswell resigned
    director
  31. 1996-12-20
    ➖
    BENBOW, Sydney Brian resigned
    director
  32. 1994-08-23
    ➕
    ESSEX, Martin Wilfred appointed
    director
  33. 1994-08-23
    ➕
    SLOYAN, John Thomas appointed
    director
  34. 1929-02-22
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    Company incorporated
    As A.E.HARRIS & COMPANY(BIRMINGHAM)LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 97 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

Broomco (4295) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Broomco (4295) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A.E.HARRIS & COMPANY(BIRMINGHAM)LIMITED
This company · 00237345

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
Broomco (4295) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/12/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Broomco (4295) Limitedceased 20/12/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1929-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Harris Works 58 Pleasant Street
Lyng
West Bromwich
B70 7DP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-07
Last: 2026-05-24

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

SMITH, Jeremy Charles→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LUCKOCK, June→
secretary · resigned 2020-02-06
Resigned
BENBOW, Sydney Brian→
director · ~105y · resigned 1996-12-20
Resigned
CATTANACH, David Stuart→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-08-27 · resigned 2023-08-09
Resigned
ESSEX, Martin Wilfred→
director · ~83y · appointed 1994-08-23 · resigned 2012-12-31
Resigned
LOWNDES, Jean Constance→
director · ~87y · resigned 2020-02-06
Resigned
LUCKOCK, June→
director · ~90y · resigned 2020-02-06
Resigned
LUCKOCK, Russell Guy→
director · ~92y · resigned 2022-04-29
Resigned
PATTERSON, Jonathan Philip→
director · ~78y · resigned 2022-04-29
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Shaun Neill Boswell→
director · ~88y · resigned 1998-12-31
Resigned
SLOYAN, John Thomas→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-08-23 · resigned 2022-04-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property19/07/2022—
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Recent filings (125 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-03