ACS STAINLESS STEEL FIXINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01845907 · ltd · incorporated 1984-09-05

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 39.8y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 39.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

125 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-01-05
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2025-01-31
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2024-01-09
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2022-12-14
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accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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accounts · AA
2021-11-12
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officers · AP01
2021-11-01
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FLANNERY, Gillian Dawn appointed
director
2021-01-29
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accounts · AA
2020-12-11
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officers · AP03
2020-12-11
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officers · TM02
2020-12-01
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DALTON, Michelle appointed
secretary
2020-12-01
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SEADON, Richard resigned
secretary
2020-02-03
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accounts · AA
2019-05-31
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address · AD01
2018-09-05
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accounts · AA
2017-12-06
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accounts · AA
2017-06-27
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mortgage · MR04
2017-06-27
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Charge satisfied #3
2016-11-17
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accounts · AA
2011-05-01
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RIDDINGTON, Paul Antony appointed
director
2009-04-30
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Ingenious Resources Limited
2009-04-11
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Charge satisfied #2
2009-03-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2007-03-01
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RIDDINGTON, Clare Louise appointed
director
2004-01-30
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COCKCROFT, Jack resigned
director
1997-12-01
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FLANNERY, David Anthony appointed
director
1995-09-22
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ASHCROFT, Michael resigned
director
1989-07-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland.
1986-07-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland.
1984-09-05
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Company incorporated
As ACS STAINLESS STEEL FIXINGS 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Acs Stainless Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Acs Stainless Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ACS STAINLESS STEEL FIXINGS LIMITED

This company · 01845907

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
Acs Stainless Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1984-09-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

1 & 2 Innovation Way

Cross Green

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS9 0DR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31