A.K.L. BEARING & POWER TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02322613 · ltd · incorporated 1988-11-28
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 37.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.2y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
162 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.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1900 | 2100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-07-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-07-29🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2025-07-29🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-02-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-02-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-03-15➖PRIDHAM, Sarah Louise resigneddirector
- 2002-08-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2000-12-01➕HOBBS, Joanne appointeddirector
- 2000-12-01➕THOMAS, Carin appointeddirector
- 2000-12-01➕PRIDHAM, Sarah Louise appointeddirector
- 1991-03-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1990-09-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1989-03-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1988-11-28🏢Company incorporatedAs A.K.L. BEARING & POWER TRANSMISSION COMPANY 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
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Herbert Armando Pridham Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 13/03/2019 |
Mr Kevin Hobbs Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 13/03/2019 |
Mr Lee Mervyn Thomas Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140
Registered office
Unit 4 Septimus
Hawkfield Business Park
Whitchurch
Bristol
BS14 0BL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26
Officers (6 active · 1 resigned)
Active
HOBBS, Joanne→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2000-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
THOMAS, Carin→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2000-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRIDHAM, Sarah Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2000-12-01 · resigned 2019-03-15
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 15/08/2002 | 29/07/2025 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 28/09/1990 | 29/07/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 22/03/1989 | 28/03/1991 |
Recent filings (162 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07