ALBION TRANSMISSION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01479645 · ltd · incorporated 1980-02-15
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£395.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
105 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £395,742

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£281k
Net Worth
£396k
Current Assets
£467k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£93k£187k£280k£373k£467kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£396.7k—
Current assets£466.7k—
Cash£280.6k—
Debtors£97.1k—
Net assets£395.7k—
Average employees—300

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-01-22
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    CASSON, Richard James appointed
    director
  7. 2022-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2019-10-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-10-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-01-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-01-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2019-01-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-01-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-01-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-01-07
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-12-01
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    CASSON, Catherine Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2018-12-01
    ➕
    CASSON, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2018-12-01
    ➖
    BOREHAM, Malcolm resigned
    secretary
  22. 2018-12-01
    ➖
    BOREHAM, Malcolm resigned
    director
  23. 2008-12-31
    ➖
    TELFORD, Tony resigned
    director
  24. 1980-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBION TRANSMISSION 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 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CASSON, Richard James (same surname) appointed 2022-01-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

City Seals And Bearings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
City Seals And Bearings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALBION TRANSMISSION LIMITED
This company · 01479645

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
City Seals And Bearings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/12/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Malcolm Borehamceased 01/12/2018· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Jennifer Ann Borehamceased 01/12/2018· 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
Incorporated1980-02-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

8 Old Hall Road
Skellow
Doncaster
DN6 8RR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CASSON, Catherine Margaret→
director · ~80y · appointed 2018-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASSON, Michael→
director · ~81y · appointed 2018-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASSON, Richard James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOREHAM, Malcolm→
secretary · resigned 2018-12-01
Resigned
BOREHAM, Malcolm→
director · ~78y · resigned 2018-12-01
Resigned
TELFORD, Tony→
director · ~82y · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (105 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-08