ANGLO-DUTCH ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00842280 · ltd · incorporated 1965-03-23
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 44.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£580.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 44.7y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 44.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £580,686
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£22k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£581k
↑ 4.0% YoY
Current Assets
£65k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £656.0k | £633.7k |
| Current assets | £65.0k | £44.6k |
| Cash | £22.1k | £25.3k |
| Debtors | £42.9k | £19.3k |
| Net assets | £580.7k | £558.3k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 3 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 3 confirmation-statement
- • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-08📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-03-23📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-01-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-31➖HUNT, Jeremy resigneddirector
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2020-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-12-21🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2019-11-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-11-15🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2018-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-11-14➖DOWTY, Christopher Hilary resigneddirector
- 1995-10-06➕DOWTY, Christopher Hilary appointeddirector
- 1994-03-25🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1994-03-18🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1992-06-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1988-07-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1981-09-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lombard North Central Limited
- 1965-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGLO-DUTCH ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 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 61 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Martin John Barling Individual · British · DOB 08/1943 · age 83 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 31/12/2016 |
Mr Jeremy Hunt Individual · British · DOB 12/1943 · age 83 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 31/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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
Incorporated1965-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140
Registered office
4 Masons Avenue,
Croydon,
Surrey
CR0 9XS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
DOWTY, Christopher Hilary→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 1995-10-06 · resigned 2000-11-14
HUNT, Jeremy→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2023-12-31
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 25/03/1994 | 15/11/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Deposit agreement | 1 property | 18/03/1994 | 21/12/2020 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 20/07/1988 | 30/08/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lombard North Central Lombard North Central Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 23/09/1981 | 18/06/1992 |
Recent filings (110 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-10
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-08
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24