ACONIA CASTINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01866515 · ltd · incorporated 1984-11-27
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).
🏦
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (57/100)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
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-04✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-01-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-01➕MCCABE, Harry James Matthew appointeddirector
- 2023-01-01➕POOLE, Matthew John appointeddirector
- 2022-10-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-03-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2003-12-31➕MCCABE, Colette Rose appointedsecretary
- 2003-12-31➖MCCABE, John Anthony resignedsecretary
- 2003-12-31➖SHELDON, Peter James resigneddirector
- 1984-11-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ACONIA CASTINGS LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCCABE, Harry James Matthew (same surname) appointed 2023-01-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Anthony Mccabe Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Colette Rose Mccabe Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Manufacturing · B postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A E OSCROFT & SONS LIMITED→ 04496910 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| A.E.CHAPMAN & CO.,(OLD HILL)LIMITED→ 00371611 · est 1942 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 84y | — | — |
| A.EDMONDS & CO.LIMITED→ 00134794 · est 1914 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 112y | — | — |
| ADAM SOFA LIMITED→ 16318736 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADAMS HYDRAULICS LIMITED→ 16531424 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADAPT PLANT REPAIRS LIMITED→ 15559506 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADEN MAINTENANCE LTD→ 15600047 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADHESIVE SUPPLY COMPANY LTD→ 10381595 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ADI TREATMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ 03820513 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| ADI TREATMENTS LIMITED→ 03840660 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| ADLISC MEDICAL DEVICES PRIVATE LIMITED→ 13715406 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ADMIRE COATINGS LIMITED→ 08274628 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32120 — SIC 32120
Registered office
37 Northampton Street
Hockley
Birmingham
West Midlands
B18 6DU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
MCCABE, Colette Rose→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCCABE, Harry James Matthew→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2023-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POOLE, Matthew John→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2023-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCCABE, John Anthony→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2003-12-31
SHELDON, Peter James→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · resigned 2003-12-31
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 15/04/2026 | — |
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.
Recent filings (100 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-01-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-10-13