A.B.C. (STAINLESS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01483638 · ltd · incorporated 1980-03-07

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 37.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 24200

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

25990SIC 25990

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 37.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 37.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	27	2600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-03-04
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accounts · AA
2025-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2017-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2013-08-19
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BOSTOCK, Jennifer Lesley resigned
secretary
2013-08-19
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BOSTOCK, Alan George William resigned
director
2013-08-19
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BOSTOCK, Jennifer Lesley resigned
director
2011-03-31
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GROVES, Graham Campbell resigned
director
2009-10-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2008-04-21
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GROVES, Graham Campbell appointed
director
2008-04-03
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GROVES, Graham Campbell resigned
director
2007-06-01
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MCAULIFFE, Mark Campbell appointed
director
2007-06-01
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WOOLNER, Justin Paul appointed
director
2005-04-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-03-01
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GROVES, Graham Campbell appointed
director
1989-08-26
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Charge satisfied #1
1989-01-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1980-03-07
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Company incorporated
As A.B.C. (STAINLESS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

A.B.C. Stainless (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A.B.C. Stainless (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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A.B.C. (STAINLESS) LIMITED

This company · 01483638

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
A.B.C. Stainless (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1980-03-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC24200 — SIC 24200

Registered office

Empson Road

Eastern Industry

Peterborough

PE1 5UP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MCAULIFFE, Mark Campbell→

director · ~59y · appointed 2007-06-01

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Active

WOOLNER, Justin Paul→

director · ~51y · appointed 2007-06-01

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Active

BOSTOCK, Jennifer Lesley→

secretary · resigned 2013-08-19

Resigned

BOSTOCK, Alan George William→

director · ~84y · resigned 2013-08-19

Resigned

BOSTOCK, Jennifer Lesley→

director · ~79y · resigned 2013-08-19

Resigned

GROVES, Graham Campbell→

director · ~79y · appointed 2008-04-21 · resigned 2011-03-31

Resigned

GROVES, Graham Campbell→

director · ~79y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2008-04-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	05/04/2005	21/10/2009
	satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	27/01/1989	26/08/1989