ALSTAIN METAL SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02538732 · ltd · incorporated 1990-09-11
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 35.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46720
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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
2 live charges · oldest 35.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 35.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: low (49/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
99 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-26➕WHILE, Jonathan Paul appointeddirector
- 2025-02-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-03-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-31➖TURNBULL, Anthony Robert resigneddirector
- 2020-12-31➖TURNBULL, Margaret Lynn resigneddirector
- 2020-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 1993-04-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1990-11-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1990-09-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ALSTAIN METAL SERVICES 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
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
20/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WHILE, Jonathan Paul (same surname) appointed 2025-02-26. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46720 — SIC 46720
Registered office
5 Dudley Road
Halesowen
West Midlands
B63 3LS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
WHILE, Jonathan Paul→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2025-02-26
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TURNBULL, Anthony Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2020-12-31
TURNBULL, Margaret Lynn→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · resigned 2020-12-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 02/04/1993 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/11/1990 | — |
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Recent filings (99 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-02