ABLE STAINLESS STEEL FABRICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01969999 · ltd · incorporated 1985-12-11
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 39.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.04M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 25290SIC 25290
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 39.5y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 39.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
109 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,042,378
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£1.0m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£2.5m
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£507k£1.0m£1.5m£2.0m£2.5mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.12M£970.6k
Current assets£2.53M£2.05M
Cash£1.14M£1.01M
Debtors£1.30M£950.7k
Net assets£1.04M£940.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-07-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-05-24
    ➕
    CUDWORTH, Daniel Stephen appointed
    director
  6. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-06-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-04-03
    ➕
    CANNON, Jonathan Christopher appointed
    director
  12. 2023-04-03
    ➖
    COOKE, Marilyn resigned
    secretary
  13. 2023-04-03
    ➖
    COOKE, Marilyn resigned
    director
  14. 2023-02-07
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  15. 2023-02-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2022-05-27
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    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2022-05-27
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    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2022-05-27
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    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2022-05-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2022-05-27
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    Charge satisfied #5
  21. 2022-05-27
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    Charge satisfied #4
  22. 2022-05-27
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    Charge satisfied #3
  23. 2022-05-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  28. 2006-02-10
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  29. 2004-02-20
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  30. 1998-04-30
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  31. 1997-04-06
    ➕
    WOODWARD, Gary William appointed
    director
  32. 1993-12-22
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  33. 1993-07-08
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  34. 1986-11-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  35. 1985-12-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABLE STAINLESS STEEL FABRICATIONS 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

Able 79 Properties Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Able 79 Properties Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABLE STAINLESS STEEL FABRICATIONS LIMITED
This company · 01969999

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Able 79 Properties Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/02/2023
Mr Gary William Woodward
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-12-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Able Engineering
Cadley Hill Road
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 9DJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CANNON, Jonathan Christopher→
director · ~41y · appointed 2023-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOKE, Glenn Patrick→
director · ~74y
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Active
CUDWORTH, Daniel Stephen→
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODWARD, Gary William→
director · ~56y · appointed 1997-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOKE, Marilyn→
secretary · resigned 2023-04-03
Resigned
COOKE, Marilyn→
director · ~75y · resigned 2023-04-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property10/02/200627/05/2022
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property20/02/200427/05/2022
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage2 properties22/12/199327/05/2022
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property08/07/199327/05/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/11/198630/04/1998

Recent filings (109 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-30
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-02-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04