ALBION MANUFACTURING LTD

🌳Matureactive
00683588 · ltd · incorporated 1961-02-16
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£197.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
105 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £197,496
Net assets shrinking
Down £27,015 YoY
Cash YoY
+106%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£75k
↑ 106% YoY
Net Worth
£197k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£172k
↑ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£45k£90k£135k£180k£225kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£220.9k£244.7k
Current assets£171.9k£163.1k
Cash£74.8k£36.3k
Debtors£92.8k£118.3k
Net assets£197.5k£224.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-23
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2018-04-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2018-04-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-08
    ➕
    NIX, Thomas Wasdale appointed
    director
  17. 2017-03-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2011-01-23
    ➖
    NIX, Sonia resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-05-30
    ➖
    NIX, Gerald Wesdale resigned
    director
  20. 2003-05-20
    ➖
    NIX, Esme Maud resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    NIX, Sonia appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-05-20
    ➖
    NIX, Esme Maud resigned
    director
  23. 1993-11-05
    ➕
    NIX, Martin Wasdale appointed
    director
  24. 1961-02-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBION MANUFACTURING LTD

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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 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
Mr Martin Wasdale Nix
Individual · British · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Thomas Wasdale Nix
Individual · British · DOB 11/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/03/2017

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
Incorporated1961-02-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

1 Church Street
Bawburgh
Norwich
NR9 3LP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

NIX, Martin Wasdale→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NIX, Thomas Wasdale→
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-03-08
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Active
NIX, Esme Maud→
secretary · resigned 2003-05-20
Resigned
NIX, Sonia→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2011-01-23
Resigned
NIX, Esme Maud→
director · ~106y · resigned 2003-05-20
Resigned
NIX, Gerald Wesdale→
director · ~106y · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (105 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-12