ATLAS BALL AND BEARING CO. LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01339603 · ltd · incorporated 1977-11-21
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£757.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).
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Refinance opportunity
10 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 47.8y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 47.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
118 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 £757,898
Cash YoY
+36%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£44k
↑ 36% YoY
Net Worth
£758k
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 4.8% 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 | £762.1k | £747.5k |
| Current assets | £1.21M | £1.15M |
| Cash | £43.7k | £32.2k |
| Debtors | £486.0k | £356.9k |
| Net assets | £757.9k | £747.5k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 capital
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-12-09📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-17➕WILSON, Daryl appointeddirector
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-01📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2021-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-22📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2016-04-30➖REYNOLDS, Michael Paul resigneddirector
- 2015-01-01➕BLACKSHAW, Kenneth Mark appointeddirector
- 2007-03-02🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2001-04-24🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 1999-01-14➖DAVIES, Michael Colin Kelvyn resigneddirector
- 1997-03-21🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1995-12-19🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1994-06-14🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Alex. Lawrie Receivables Financing Limited
- 1993-11-30🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 1993-11-30🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 1993-11-30🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 1993-11-30🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1993-11-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1993-11-26➕DAVIES, Michael Colin Kelvyn appointeddirector
- 1991-09-27🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Ucb Bank PLC.
- 1991-01-22🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1988-12-05🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Security Pacific Trust Limited
- 1988-01-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Scholefield Goodman & Sons Limited
- 1984-06-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1978-09-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Alex Lawrie Factors LTD.
- 1977-11-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ATLAS BALL AND BEARING CO. LIMITED
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
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 Alvin Keith Chandler Individual · British · DOB 04/1947 · age 79 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Caroline Ann Chandler Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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8 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
Incorporated1977-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760
Registered office
Leamore Lane
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 7DE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
BLACKSHAW, Kenneth Mark→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2015-01-01
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Active
WILSON, Daryl→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2024-01-17
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DAVIES, Michael Colin Kelvyn→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1993-11-26 · resigned 1999-01-14
REYNOLDS, Michael Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · resigned 2016-04-30
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Mortgages & charges
10
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 24/04/2001 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Deposit agreement to secure own liabilities | 1 property | 21/03/1997 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Deposit agreement | 1 property | 19/12/1995 | — | |
| outstanding | Alex. Lawrie Receivables Financing Alex. Lawrie Receivables Financing Limited | First fixed charge | 1 property | 14/06/1994 | — | |
| satisfied | Ucb Bank . Ucb Bank PLC. | Legal charge and floating charge | 1 property | 27/09/1991 | 02/03/2007 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 22/01/1991 | 30/11/1993 | |
| satisfied | Security Pacific Trust Security Pacific Trust Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 05/12/1988 | 30/11/1993 | |
| satisfied | Scholefield Goodman & Sons Scholefield Goodman & Sons Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 15/01/1988 | 30/11/1993 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 29/06/1984 | 30/11/1993 | |
| satisfied | Alex Lawrie Factors . Alex Lawrie Factors LTD. | Debenture floating charge | 1 property | 26/09/1978 | 30/11/1993 |
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Recent filings (118 total)
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-17
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-12-01