A1 SHUTTERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02323242 · ltd · incorporated 1988-11-30
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 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (4 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
123 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees595000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
12
filings
  • • 6 officers
  • • 5 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-05-14
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    SPEIGHT, Michael Wayne appointed
    director
  3. 2026-02-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2026-02-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-02-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-02-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2026-02-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2026-02-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2026-02-02
    ➕
    BILLFALK, Magnus appointed
    director
  10. 2026-02-02
    ➕
    PERSSON, Eric appointed
    director
  11. 2026-02-02
    ➖
    EVEREST, Catherine resigned
    director
  12. 2026-01-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2026-01-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2026-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2026-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2026-01-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2026-01-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2021-07-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2021-07-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  25. 2021-07-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  26. 2021-03-16
    ➖
    CAIN, Neil resigned
    director
  27. 2018-05-22
    ➖
    BIRCHALL, Ian resigned
    secretary
  28. 2018-05-22
    ➖
    BIRCHALL, Ian resigned
    director
  29. 2014-05-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  30. 2007-12-07
    ➕
    BIRCHALL, Ian appointed
    director
  31. 2007-12-07
    ➕
    CAIN, Neil appointed
    director
  32. 2006-11-20
    ➕
    EVEREST, Catherine appointed
    director
  33. 2006-04-10
    ➕
    BIRCHALL, Ian appointed
    secretary
  34. 2006-03-31
    ➖
    OLDFIELD, Stephen John resigned
    secretary
  35. 2005-04-05
    ➖
    EVEREST, Carl Anthony resigned
    secretary
  36. 2005-04-05
    ➕
    OLDFIELD, Stephen John appointed
    secretary
  37. 2005-04-05
    ➖
    SWIFT, Peter Nicholas resigned
    director
  38. 2001-11-28
    ➕
    EVEREST, Carl Anthony appointed
    secretary
  39. 2001-11-28
    ➖
    SMITH, Graeme Richard resigned
    secretary
  40. 1999-04-09
    ➖
    EVEREST, William Robert resigned
    director
  41. 1999-04-09
    ➕
    SWIFT, Peter Nicholas appointed
    director
  42. 1999-04-06
    ➖
    EVEREST, Carl Anthony resigned
    secretary
  43. 1999-04-06
    ➕
    SMITH, Graeme Richard appointed
    secretary
  44. 1988-11-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 SHUTTERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

48/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Bergman & Beving Invest Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bergman & Beving Invest Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
A1 SHUTTERS LIMITED
This company · 02323242

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bergman & Beving Invest Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/02/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Carl Anthony Everestceased 03/02/2026· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Catherine Everestceased 03/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Jackson Works
Raikes Lane Industrial Est
Bolton
BL3 2NH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (4 active · 10 resigned)

BILLFALK, Magnus→
director · ~53y · appointed 2026-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EVEREST, Carl Anthony→
director · ~62y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PERSSON, Eric→
director · ~54y · appointed 2026-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPEIGHT, Michael Wayne→
director · ~43y · appointed 2026-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRCHALL, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-10 · resigned 2018-05-22
Resigned
EVEREST, Carl Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-28 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned
EVEREST, Carl Anthony→
secretary · resigned 1999-04-06
Resigned
OLDFIELD, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned
SMITH, Graeme Richard→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-06 · resigned 2001-11-28
Resigned
BIRCHALL, Ian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-12-07 · resigned 2018-05-22
Resigned
CAIN, Neil→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-12-07 · resigned 2021-03-16
Resigned
EVEREST, Catherine→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-11-20 · resigned 2026-02-02
Resigned
EVEREST, William Robert→
director · ~86y · resigned 1999-04-09
Resigned
SWIFT, Peter Nicholas→
director · ~68y · appointed 1999-04-09 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge—15/05/201409/01/2026

Recent filings (123 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31