ACME SPINNING CO.(OLDBURY)LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00528788 · ltd · incorporated 1954-02-02
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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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
109 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees6600

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-05
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  3. 2023-10-17
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  4. 2022-08-03
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2019-12-04
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    VICKERS, Beryl Maude resigned
    director
  9. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-19
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    capital · SH06
  11. 2019-07-19
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    capital · SH03
  12. 2018-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-26
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    capital · SH06
  14. 2018-04-26
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    capital · SH03
  15. 2017-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-04
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    capital · SH06
  17. 2017-03-21
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  18. 2016-02-23
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    WILLETTS, Michael resigned
    director
  19. 2016-02-23
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    WILLETTS, Shirley Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2015-02-01
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    BETTRIDGE, Sharon Philippa appointed
    secretary
  21. 2015-02-01
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    BETTRIDGE, Sharon Philippa appointed
    director
  22. 2015-02-01
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    VICKERS, Beryl Maude resigned
    secretary
  23. 2003-02-04
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    DAVIS, Ramon James resigned
    director
  24. 2002-06-17
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    DAVIS, Steven Ramon appointed
    director
  25. 2002-06-17
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    WILLETTS, Michael appointed
    director
  26. 1954-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ACME SPINNING CO.(OLDBURY)LIMITED

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 72 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sharon Philippa Bettridge
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Steven Ramon Davis
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1954-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Garratts Lane
Cradley Heath
West Midlands
B64 5RE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BETTRIDGE, Sharon Philippa→
secretary · appointed 2015-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BETTRIDGE, Sharon Philippa→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Steven Ramon→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VICKERS, Beryl Maude→
secretary · resigned 2015-02-01
Resigned
DAVIS, Ramon James→
director · ~96y · resigned 2003-02-04
Resigned
VICKERS, Beryl Maude→
director · ~99y · resigned 2019-12-04
Resigned
WILLETTS, Michael→
director · ~83y · appointed 2002-06-17 · resigned 2016-02-23
Resigned
WILLETTS, Shirley Ann→
director · ~81y · resigned 2016-02-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2019-07-19