A.I.S.SHEET METAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01023962 · ltd · incorporated 1971-09-14
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 44.1y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 44.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
127 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees91100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-06-26
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  3. 2024-10-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-10-23
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  5. 2024-07-04
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  6. 2024-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-03
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  8. 2022-06-22
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  9. 2021-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-07
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    address · AD01
  11. 2020-09-04
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-08-26
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-08-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-05-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-15
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  16. 2018-03-28
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  17. 2007-01-09
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    Charge satisfied #5
  18. 2002-01-28
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    TROTH, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-01-28
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    TROTH, Dennis resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-01-28
    ➖
    TROTH, Carole Elizabeth resigned
    director
  21. 2002-01-28
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    TROTH, Dennis resigned
    director
  22. 2001-06-29
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    Charge satisfied #4
  23. 2001-06-26
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2001-06-11
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    TROTH, Andrew Steven appointed
    director
  25. 2000-09-15
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2000-09-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2000-09-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  28. 1995-05-01
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    BRANNON, Paul Barry appointed
    director
  29. 1994-11-09
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    CARNEY, William Ray resigned
    secretary
  30. 1994-11-09
    ➕
    TROTH, Dennis appointed
    secretary
  31. 1994-11-09
    ➖
    CARNEY, William Ray resigned
    director
  32. 1994-11-09
    ➕
    TROTH, Carole Elizabeth appointed
    director
  33. 1985-05-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  34. 1982-03-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  35. 1971-09-14
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    Company incorporated
    As A.I.S.SHEET METAL 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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

A.I.S (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A.I.S (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A.I.S.SHEET METAL LIMITED
This company · 01023962

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A.I.S (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting14/11/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1971-09-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

Edwin Avenue
Hoo Farm Industrial Estate
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY11 7RS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

TROTH, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-28
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Active
BRANNON, Paul Barry→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-05-01
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Active
TROTH, Andrew Steven→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARNEY, William Ray→
secretary · resigned 1994-11-09
Resigned
TROTH, Dennis→
secretary · appointed 1994-11-09 · resigned 2002-01-28
Resigned
CARNEY, William Ray→
director · ~83y · resigned 1994-11-09
Resigned
TROTH, Carole Elizabeth→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-11-09 · resigned 2002-01-28
Resigned
TROTH, Dennis→
director · ~82y · resigned 2002-01-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property26/06/200109/01/2007
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property15/09/200029/06/2001
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property15/09/2000—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property22/05/198514/09/2000
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Charge1 property26/03/1982—
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Recent filings (127 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18