AGEMA ENGINEERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02072649 · ltd · incorporated 1986-11-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 39.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
11 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 39.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 39.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
11 charges (11/11 with lender, 11/11 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
125 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £12.59M |
| Current assets | — | £14.89M |
| Cash | — | £675.7k |
| Debtors | — | £12.43M |
| Net assets | — | £10.19M |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-12-03🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2020-05-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-05-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2016-11-25🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2016-11-25🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2016-11-24🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2016-11-24🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2016-11-24🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2014-06-09🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2013-02-18🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2012-12-18🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2012-12-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-03-01➕STRINGER, Jonathan appointeddirector
- 1998-08-26➕STRINGER, Julie appointedsecretary
- 1998-08-26➖STRINGER, John Frank Edward resignedsecretary
- 1998-08-26➖STRINGER, Josie resigneddirector
- 1996-06-25🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1994-03-28🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1994-03-03🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1989-12-06🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1988-04-26🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1988-01-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1987-02-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Council of the City of Coventry
- 1986-11-11🏢Company incorporatedAs AGEMA ENGINEERING LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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 · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
5 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jonathan Stringer Individual · British · DOB 02/1983 · age 43 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 16/01/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Frank Edward Stringerceased 18/08/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290
Registered office
21 Bayton Road, Bayton Road Industrial Estate
Exhall
Coventry
CV7 9EL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last: 2026-05-14
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
STRINGER, Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2012-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STRINGER, John Frank Edward→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1998-08-26
STRINGER, Josie→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · resigned 1998-08-26
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Mortgages & charges
11
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:11 of 11 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 03/12/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/06/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 18/02/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 18/12/2012 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Chattel mortgage | 1 property | 25/06/1996 | 24/11/2016 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Chattel mortgage | 1 property | 28/03/1994 | 24/11/2016 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 03/03/1994 | 25/11/2016 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 06/12/1989 | 25/11/2016 | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 26/04/1988 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Corporate mortgage | 1 property | 27/01/1988 | 24/11/2016 | |
| satisfied | The Council of the City of Coventry | Legal charge | 1 property | 10/02/1987 | 04/12/2012 |
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Recent filings (125 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-12-07