ATLAS COPCO IAS UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01873269 · ltd · incorporated 1984-12-19

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

£43.12M

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25940

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

28490SIC 28490

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

14 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 39.9y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 39.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)

Directors & officers

28 officers (5 active, 28 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

210 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 101

Profitable

Profit before tax £13,632,000

Turnover YoY

-2%

Year on year

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 101

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	£43.12M	£44.00M
Gross profit	£11.23M	£12.15M
Operating profit	£13.42M	£13.63M
Profit before tax	£13.63M	£14.06M
Average employees	20900	20900

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

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (96 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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officers · TM01
2026-03-31
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BONGAERTS, Alex Christiaan Jan resigned
director
2026-03-17
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officers · AP01
2026-03-16
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SAHIN KOCAS, Handan appointed
director
2025-06-09
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accounts · AA
2024-06-01
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accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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LAMIRE, Romain resigned
director
2024-05-31
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officers · TM01
2024-02-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-09
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officers · AP01
2023-11-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-02
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-02
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-02
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-02
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mortgage · MR04
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-02
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-02
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Charge satisfied #14
2023-10-02
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Charge satisfied #13
2023-10-02
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Charge satisfied #12
2023-10-02
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Charge satisfied #11
2023-10-02
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Charge satisfied #10
2023-10-02
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Charge satisfied #8
2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2023-09-04
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BELL, Alexander Thomas appointed
director
2023-08-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-01
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LEONHARDT, Olaf appointed
director
2023-04-30
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PETERS, Berthold resigned
director
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
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officers · AP01
2022-10-10
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CRELLIN, Amanda appointed
director
2022-09-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-08
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MA, Yanping resigned
director
2022-08-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-08-01
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Charge satisfied #9
2021-03-24
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MCALLISTER, James Neilson resigned
director
2020-06-09
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LAMIRE, Romain appointed
director
2020-06-08
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CLARKE, Christopher James resigned
director
2019-01-16
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HAHN, Arvid Gunnar Tobias resigned
director
2019-01-16
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PETERS, Berthold appointed
director
2018-09-01
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MA, Yanping appointed
director
2018-06-30
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BAIOCHI, Daniela Ruggieri resigned
director
2018-01-01
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MCALLISTER, James Neilson appointed
director
2017-02-16
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NESLEHA, Radek resigned
director
2016-07-08
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CLARKE, Christopher James appointed
director
2016-07-07
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REMNEBACK, Lennart resigned
director
2016-05-16
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BAIOCHI, Daniela Ruggieri appointed
director
2016-02-01
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REMNEBACK, Lennart appointed
director
2015-12-31
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WHITEHEAD, Philip John resigned
secretary
2015-12-31
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BRORSSON, Pierre resigned
director

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Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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

Atlas Copco Uk Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Atlas Copco Uk Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ATLAS COPCO IAS UK LIMITED

This company · 01873269

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
Atlas Copco Uk 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1984-12-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25940 — SIC 25940

Registered office

Parkway One, Parkway, Zone 2

Deeside Industrial Park

Flintshire

CH5 2NS

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-19

Last: 2026-01-05