A.M.PHILPOT(HARD CHROME)LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00697388 · ltd · incorporated 1961-07-05
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £344.2k |
| Current assets | — | £472.3k |
| Cash | — | £191.1k |
| Debtors | — | £259.1k |
| Net assets | — | £331.4k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-12📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-04-12📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-03-31➕MORGAN, Lucy appointedsecretary
- 2021-03-31➖PHILPOT, Sylvia June resignedsecretary
- 2020-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2007-07-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: David Philpot
- 2003-10-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1961-07-05🏢Company incorporatedAs A.M.PHILPOT(HARD CHROME)LIMITED
Owner dependency
88/100
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 "PHILPOT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew David Morgan Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1961-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining
Registered office
Unit D
Cradock Road Industrial Estate
Cradock Road, Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0JF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | David Philpot | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 26/07/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 31/10/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (98 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-04-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14