ALBERT MARSH AND BESTELITE HARDFACING CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00394366 · ltd · incorporated 1945-04-03

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

11 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 63.8y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 63.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

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

Lenders & charges

11 charges (11/11 with lender, 11/11 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

165 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	3900	4000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand

2025-10-14
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officers · AP03
2025-10-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-10
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officers · TM01
2025-10-09
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HALL, Barbara Joan appointed
secretary
2025-10-09
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HALL, Barbara Joan resigned
director
2025-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-26
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WELLWOOD, Andrew appointed
director
2024-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-31
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STEEL, Jason Leslie resigned
director
2021-06-07
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officers · TM01
2021-05-28
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CHRISTIE, Robert Wynne resigned
director
2020-09-04
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capital · SH03
2020-09-03
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capital · SH06
2020-08-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-31
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REDFERN, Geraldine Ann resigned
secretary
2020-07-31
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HEALY, Geraldine Ann resigned
director
2020-04-20
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2019-07-08
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CROWNSHAW, Frazer John appointed
director
2019-06-28
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WILLIAMSON, Terence John resigned
director
2018-05-04
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AUSTIN, Jack Christopher appointed
director
2018-04-02
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STEEL, Jason Leslie appointed
director
2014-07-31
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SMITH, Richard Andrew resigned
director
2012-05-18
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SMITH, Richard Andrew appointed
director
2012-05-08
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CHRISTIE, Robert Wynne appointed
director
2011-06-24
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WEST, Robert Samuel resigned
director
2011-04-21
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PICKFORD, Robert William Granville resigned
director
2008-01-09
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AUSTIN, Elizabeth Jane appointed
director
2008-01-09
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KIENZLE, Janet Ann appointed
director
2007-12-20
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HALL, Bryant Cross resigned
director
2007-11-21
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Charge satisfied #10
2007-07-18
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Charge registered #10
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-07-18
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Charge registered #9
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-05-09
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Charge satisfied #6
2007-05-09
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Charge satisfied #3
2007-05-09
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Charge satisfied #1
2006-07-26
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HEALY, Geraldine Ann appointed
director
2006-07-10
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Charge registered #8
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-06-08
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Charge satisfied #7
2006-05-03
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Charge satisfied #5
2006-05-03
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Charge satisfied #4

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Elizabeth Jane Austin Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63	—	—	board controlboard control	09/10/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Barbara Hallceased 09/10/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 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

Incorporated1945-04-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

1 Hawke Street

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S9 2SU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-09

Last: 2025-10-26