A.G. TREMAIN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01063885 · ltd · incorporated 1972-08-02
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 31.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 31.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
118 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
75
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-07📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2023-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-04📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2021-06-21📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-06-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-06-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-06-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-06-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-06-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-06-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-06-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-01➕CLARKE, Stephen James appointeddirector
- 2020-06-01➕SILCOX, Philip John appointeddirector
- 2020-06-01➖TREMAIN, Linda May resignedsecretary
- 2020-06-01➖TREMAIN, Alan Geoffrey resigneddirector
- 2020-01-03➖TREMAIN, Douglas George resignedsecretary
- 2020-01-03➕TREMAIN, Linda May appointedsecretary
- 1995-10-24➖TREMAIN, Lynda Ann resigneddirector
- 1995-02-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1994-04-29➖TREMAIN, Alan Geoffrey resignedsecretary
- 1994-04-29➕TREMAIN, Douglas George appointedsecretary
- 1972-08-02🏢Company incorporatedAs A.G. TREMAIN 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 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Philip John Silcox Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2020 |
Mr Stephen James Clarke Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2020 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Linda May Tremainceased 01/06/2020· 25-50% shares
- Mr Alan Geoffrey Tremainceased 01/06/2020· 25-50% shares
- Linda May Tremainceased 01/06/2020· 25-50% voting
- Mr Alan Geoffrey Tremainceased 01/06/2020· 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation
Registered office
4 & 5 The Cedars
Apex 12 Old Ipswich Road
Colchester
Essex
CO7 7QR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-01
Last: 2026-06-17
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
CLARKE, Stephen James→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2020-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SILCOX, Philip John→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2020-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TREMAIN, Alan Geoffrey→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1994-04-29
TREMAIN, Douglas George→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-04-29 · resigned 2020-01-03
TREMAIN, Linda May→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2020-01-03 · resigned 2020-06-01
TREMAIN, Alan Geoffrey→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 2020-06-01
TREMAIN, Lynda Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 1995-10-24
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 23/02/1995 | — |
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Recent filings (118 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2023-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-18
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2021-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-06-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-18