AXALTA POWDER COATING SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01074133 · ltd · incorporated 1972-09-28
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20301
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (70/100).
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Refinance opportunity
9 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 13.4y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
32 officers (2 active, 32 linked, 26 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
193 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £932,000
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £932.0k | £890.0k |
| Average employees | 71 | 6400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
2
filings
- • 2 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (92 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-14➕JORDENS, Marc appointeddirector
- 2026-04-14➖SIMPSON, Elizabeth Ann resigneddirector
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-01➕SIMPSON, Elizabeth Ann appointeddirector
- 2025-04-30➖RIDGEWAY, John resigneddirector
- 2025-03-28➕YOUENS, Laura Michele appointeddirector
- 2025-03-28➖BLENKINSOPP, James Ian resignedsecretary
- 2025-03-28➖BLENKINSOPP, James Ian resigneddirector
- 2025-03-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-28📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-02-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-28🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Barclays Bank PLC, 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP
- 2024-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-04-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-04-25🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2023-04-25🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2023-04-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-04-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-04-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-04-19🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2023-04-19🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2023-04-19🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-04-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-04-14🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2022-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-25📄auditors-resignation-companyauditors · AUD
- 2021-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-22🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2017-07-13🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Barclays Bank PLC as Collateral Agent
- 2017-03-01🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2016-10-06🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2016-10-06🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2016-08-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Wilmington Trust, National Association
- 2016-08-01🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2013-03-20➕BLENKINSOPP, James Ian appointedsecretary
- 2013-02-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Wilmington Trust, National Association
- 2013-02-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2013-01-24➖BAKER, Andrew resignedsecretary
- 2013-01-24➖BAKER, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2013-01-24➕BLENKINSOPP, James Ian appointeddirector
- 2013-01-24➖GOUGH, Adrian Paul resigneddirector
- 2013-01-24➕RIDGEWAY, John appointeddirector
- 2008-01-31➕GOUGH, Adrian Paul appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 92 events
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.
Group structure
Axalta Coating Systems Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Axalta Coating Systems Uk Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AXALTA POWDER COATING SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
This company · 01074133
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Axalta Coating Systems Uk Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest | 10/12/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Axalta Coating Systems Uk Holding Limitedceased 10/12/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-09-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20301 — SIC 20301
Registered office
Unit 1 Quadrant Park
Mundells
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL7 1FS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06
Officers (2 active · 30 resigned)
JORDENS, Marc→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2026-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUENS, Laura Michele→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAKER, Andrew→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-10-06 · resigned 2013-01-24
BLENKINSOPP, James Ian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-03-20 · resigned 2025-03-28
CLEMENTS, Sarah Frances→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-02-15 · resigned 2005-10-06
DAGLISH, Robin→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-02-12 · resigned 2002-02-11
RISING, William Stanley→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-01-01 · resigned 1999-02-12
ROBERTS, Aled→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1993-01-01
ANDON, John George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 1993-03-31
BACK, Martin Howard→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 1992-07-09 · resigned 1997-02-28
BAKER, Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2005-11-09 · resigned 2013-01-24
BIESMAN, John→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1997-05-21 · resigned 2000-03-31
BLENKINSOPP, James Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2013-01-24 · resigned 2025-03-28
BURN, Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2002-01-01 · resigned 2007-09-28
DUPRE, Werner→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 1997-09-01 · resigned 1999-03-31
GOUGH, Adrian Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2008-01-31 · resigned 2013-01-24
KILLINGSTAD, Jon→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1999-10-22 · resigned 2005-11-09
LEWIS, John R→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 1999-05-04 · resigned 2003-03-31
LONGSTAFF, Geoffrey George→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 1992-06-30
MOLLBERG, Kerstin→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 1991-12-31
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Mortgages & charges
9
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC, 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP | A registered charge | — | 28/02/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 14/04/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 22/06/2018 | 19/04/2023 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC as Collateral Agent | A registered charge | — | 13/07/2017 | 19/04/2023 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 01/03/2017 | 25/04/2023 | |
| satisfied | Wilmington Trust, National Association | A registered charge | — | 02/08/2016 | 06/10/2016 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 01/08/2016 | 25/04/2023 | |
| satisfied | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Debenture | 1 property | 01/02/2013 | 06/10/2016 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/02/2013 | 19/04/2023 |
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Recent filings (193 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-04-25