ARGYLE ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02548302 · ltd · incorporated 1990-10-12
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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  2. 2024-08-27
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  3. 2023-08-01
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  4. 2022-09-28
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  5. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2021-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2020-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-10
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2017-10-19
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-10-09
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    O'DONNELL, Michael James appointed
    director
  13. 2017-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-09-14
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-07-31
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    FLYNN, Stephen Richard resigned
    director
  18. 2003-11-01
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    O'DONNELL, William Joseph, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-11-01
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    SHIPMAN, Geoffrey Victor resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-11-01
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    SHIPMAN, Geoffrey Victor resigned
    director
  21. 2000-12-01
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    O'DONNELL, Aidan Joseph appointed
    director
  22. 1998-05-18
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    O'DONNELL, John Christian appointed
    director
  23. 1990-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ARGYLE ENGINEERING LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

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

Group structure

Hoghton Holding Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hoghton Holding Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ARGYLE ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 02548302

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
Hoghton Holding Company Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

10 Stadium Court, Stadium Road
Bromborough
Wirral
Merseyside
CH62 3RP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

O'DONNELL, William Joseph, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'DONNELL, Aidan Joseph→
director · ~51y · appointed 2000-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'DONNELL, John Christian→
director · ~55y · appointed 1998-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'DONNELL, Michael James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'DONNELL, William Joseph, Mr.→
director · ~83y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHIPMAN, Geoffrey Victor→
secretary · resigned 2003-11-01
Resigned
FLYNN, Stephen Richard→
director · ~83y · resigned 2005-07-31
Resigned
SHIPMAN, Geoffrey Victor→
director · ~79y · resigned 2003-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-23