ATHOL PAINTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01272524 · ltd · incorporated 1976-08-10
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 39.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20301
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). 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 · oldest 39.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 39.8 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 (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
103 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-06-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-06-11
    ➕
    HALSTEAD, Russell Arthur appointed
    director
  4. 2026-06-11
    ➖
    HALSTEAD, Russell Arthur resigned
    director
  5. 2026-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-06-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-06-01
    ➕
    HALSTEAD, Ian Geoffrey appointed
    director
  12. 2022-06-01
    ➕
    HALSTEAD, Russell Arthur appointed
    director
  13. 2022-03-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-04-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2020-04-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2020-04-29
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2020-04-29
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-04-09
    ➖
    HALSTEAD, Elizabeth Mary resigned
    secretary
  22. 2020-04-09
    ➖
    HALSTEAD, Elizabeth Mary resigned
    director
  23. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 1994-05-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  25. 1994-04-06
    ➕
    HALSTEAD, Elizabeth Mary appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-04-06
    ➖
    TODD, Jean resigned
    secretary
  27. 1994-04-06
    ➖
    TODD, Jean resigned
    director
  28. 1994-04-06
    ➖
    TODD, Michael Edmund resigned
    director
  29. 1986-10-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  30. 1976-08-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ATHOL PAINTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Geoffrey Halstead
Individual · British · DOB 09/1937 · age 89
50–75%
—50-75% shares10/04/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Elizabeth Mary Halsteadceased 09/04/2020· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1976-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20301 — SIC 20301

Registered office

Athol Paints Limited
Wellington Street
Bury
BL8 2BD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

HALSTEAD, Geoffrey→
director · ~89y
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Active
HALSTEAD, Ian Geoffrey→
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-06-01
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Active
HALSTEAD, Russell Arthur→
director · ~61y · appointed 2026-06-11
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Active
HALSTEAD, Elizabeth Mary→
secretary · appointed 1994-04-06 · resigned 2020-04-09
Resigned
TODD, Jean→
secretary · resigned 1994-04-06
Resigned
HALSTEAD, Elizabeth Mary→
director · ~88y · resigned 2020-04-09
Resigned
HALSTEAD, Russell Arthur→
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-06-01 · resigned 2026-06-11
Resigned
TODD, Jean→
director · ~81y · resigned 1994-04-06
Resigned
TODD, Michael Edmund→
director · ~81y · resigned 1994-04-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property23/05/1994—
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property03/10/1986—
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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-15