26B RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01794483 · ltd · incorporated 1984-02-23
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
£25.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 12 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
142 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £25,171
Net assets shrinking
Down £67,663 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 54% YoY
Cash YoY
-54%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£36k
↓ 54% YoY
Net Worth
£25k
↓ 73% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↓ 55% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£37k£56k£74k£93kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£25.2k£92.8k
Current assets£36.8k£81.2k
Cash£36.5k£78.7k
Debtors£38£2.3k
Net assets£25.2k£92.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-17
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    PEARSON, Kevan resigned
    director
  4. 2024-10-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2023-09-30
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    PEARSON, Andrew Kevin Kelsall resigned
    secretary
  8. 2023-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-01-31
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    BENNETT, John resigned
    director
  12. 2021-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-08-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-08-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-08-01
    ➕
    PEARSON, Kevan appointed
    director
  18. 2019-08-01
    ➖
    SUTCLIFFE, Brian resigned
    director
  19. 2019-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2012-05-16
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    BENNETT, John appointed
    director
  22. 2008-12-01
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    BEESON, Nigel Adrian Laurence appointed
    director
  23. 2008-12-01
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Harold appointed
    director
  24. 2008-09-01
    ➖
    TOPPING, Brian resigned
    director
  25. 2006-07-11
    ➖
    NELSON, Graham resigned
    director
  26. 2002-06-17
    ➕
    NELSON, Graham appointed
    director
  27. 1994-05-15
    ➖
    MULLIGAN, Colin James resigned
    director
  28. 1993-08-20
    ➖
    WILDING, William resigned
    director
  29. 1993-02-14
    ➖
    SHARP, Geoffrey resigned
    director
  30. 1984-02-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 26B RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

41 Knowsley St
Bury
Lancs
BL9 0ST

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

BEESON, Nigel Adrian Laurence→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOLDSWORTH, Roger→
director · ~81y
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Active
EDWARDS, Harold→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUMPHREYS, Philip Martin→
director · ~72y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARSON, Andrew Kevin Kelsall→
secretary · resigned 2023-09-30
Resigned
BENNETT, John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-05-16 · resigned 2022-01-31
Resigned
MULLIGAN, Colin James→
director · ~91y · resigned 1994-05-15
Resigned
NELSON, Graham→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-06-17 · resigned 2006-07-11
Resigned
PEARSON, Kevan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-08-01 · resigned 2024-10-17
Resigned
SHARP, Geoffrey→
director · ~84y · resigned 1993-02-14
Resigned
SUTCLIFFE, Brian→
director · ~84y · resigned 2019-08-01
Resigned
TOPPING, Brian→
director · ~85y · resigned 2008-09-01
Resigned
WILDING, William→
director · ~90y · resigned 1993-08-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (142 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18