ACTIVE METALS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01810084 · ltd · incorporated 1984-04-18
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 36.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 36.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.4 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 (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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 600 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-12-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-12📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-10-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-09-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-09-07➕GOODRICKE, Nicholas James appointeddirector
- 2017-09-07➕TORNAY, Francois appointeddirector
- 2017-09-07➖LEE, Joanna Mary resignedsecretary
- 2017-09-07➖LEE, Malcolm Arthur resigneddirector
- 2017-05-31➖LEE, Joanna Mary resigneddirector
- 2016-03-15➕LEE, Joanna Mary appointeddirector
- 2011-07-07➕LEE, Joanna Mary appointedsecretary
- 2011-07-07➖LEE, Richard Howard Charles resignedsecretary
- 1995-10-01➕LEE, Richard Howard Charles appointedsecretary
- 1995-10-01➖LEE, Thelma Christina resignedsecretary
- 1994-03-19➕LEE, Thelma Christina appointedsecretary
- 1994-03-17➖BIRCHLEY, Patrick Clive resignedsecretary
- 1994-03-17➖BIRCHLEY, Patrick Clive resigneddirector
- 1991-07-22➖LEE, Malcolm Arthur resigneddirector
- 1990-01-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1984-04-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIVE METALS LIMITED
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Group structure
M&T Metals Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
M&T Metals Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ACTIVE METALS LIMITED
This company · 01810084
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M&T Metals Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Unit F, 2 Holbrook Green Holbrook Industrial Estate
Mosborough
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S20 3FE
United Kingdom
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 (2 active · 8 resigned)
GOODRICKE, Nicholas James→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2017-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TORNAY, Francois→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2017-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BIRCHLEY, Patrick Clive→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1994-03-17
LEE, Joanna Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-07-07 · resigned 2017-09-07
LEE, Richard Howard Charles→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-10-01 · resigned 2011-07-07
LEE, Thelma Christina→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-03-19 · resigned 1995-10-01
BIRCHLEY, Patrick Clive→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 1994-03-17
LEE, Joanna Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2016-03-15 · resigned 2017-05-31
LEE, Malcolm Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2017-09-07
LEE, Malcolm Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 1991-07-22
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 04/01/1990 | — |
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Recent filings (108 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-01-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-09