A.R. MANLEY & SON HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00596052 · ltd · incorporated 1957-12-30
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 55.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of construction holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 55.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 55.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
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
103 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
70
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-10-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-08-01➕MANLEY, Penelope Anne appointeddirector
- 2022-08-01➖HOYLE, Anthony resigneddirector
- 2022-08-01➖MANLEY, Alec John resigneddirector
- 2022-05-23✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-05-23✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2021-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2003-11-19➕HOYLE, Anthony appointeddirector
- 2000-03-03➖MANLEY, Alec Roger resigneddirector
- 1999-04-29➕MANLEY, Frederick Paul appointedsecretary
- 1999-04-29➖MANLEY, Alec John resignedsecretary
- 1998-04-24➖MANLEY, Dorothea Mary resigneddirector
- 1970-08-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank Limited
- 1957-12-30🏢Company incorporatedAs A.R. MANLEY & SON HOLDINGS LIMITED
Owner dependency
89/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MANLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 69 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Frederick Manley Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1957-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64203 — Activities of construction holding companies
Registered office
Somerwood,
Rodington,
Nr.Shrewsbury
SY4 4RF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
MANLEY, Frederick Paul→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANLEY, Penelope Anne→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2022-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MANLEY, Alec John→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1999-04-29
HOYLE, Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2003-11-19 · resigned 2022-08-01
MANLEY, Alec Roger→
Resigneddirector · ~121y · resigned 2000-03-03
MANLEY, Alec John→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 2022-08-01
MANLEY, Dorothea Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~121y · resigned 1998-04-24
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank Limited | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 07/08/1970 | 27/10/2022 |
Recent filings (103 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-05-23