ACM BEARINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02591700 · ltd · incorporated 1991-03-14

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 34.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22210

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 34.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 34.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

154 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	4100	3900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand

2026-05-01
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-04-30
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MERCER, James Alexander appointed
secretary
2026-04-30
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JACKSON, Karen Ellen resigned
secretary
2026-04-30
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-14
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-15
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MCCULLOCH, Andrew William resigned
director
2025-05-12
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SMITH, Christopher Michael Mcdonald appointed
director
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-11
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-12-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-12
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
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PLOTON, Laurent appointed
director
2023-12-01
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MCCULLOCH, Andrew William appointed
director
2023-12-01
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MCCULLOCH, Andrew William resigned
director
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-30
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SIDEBOTTOM, Graham appointed
director
2018-11-30
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KREBS, Justin Lee resigned
director
2018-06-15
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STEVENS, Michael James appointed
director
2018-06-15
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BUDDERY, Carl Alexander, Engineering Director resigned
director
2018-01-02
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WELLS, Graham David, Dr resigned
director
2012-11-01
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BUDDERY, Carl Alexander, Engineering Director appointed
director
2012-11-01
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KREBS, Justin Lee appointed
director
2012-03-30
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BIRCHLEY, Robert William resigned
director
2011-05-19
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KNIFTON, Michael James appointed
director
2011-05-19
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LIGHTFOOT, Peter Campbell Herbert resigned
director
2010-04-01
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BIRCHLEY, Robert William appointed
director
2010-04-01
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WELLS, Graham David, Dr appointed
director
2006-03-09
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Charge satisfied #1
2002-09-02
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MCCULLOCH, Andrew William appointed
director
2002-03-01
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JACKSON, Karen Ellen appointed
secretary
2002-03-01
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LIGHTFOOT, Peter Campbell Herbert resigned
secretary
2002-02-27
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PRIDGEON, David Kenneth resigned
director
2000-07-21
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DAVIES, Jane Hannah resigned
secretary
2000-07-21
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LIGHTFOOT, Peter Campbell Herbert appointed
secretary
2000-07-21
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DAVIES, Anthony Norman resigned
director
2000-04-27
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LIGHTFOOT, Peter Campbell Herbert appointed
director
1992-02-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1991-04-25
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DAVIES, Jane Hannah appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

Hydromecanique Et Frottement Sas is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hydromecanique Et Frottement Sas

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ACM BEARINGS LIMITED

This company · 02591700

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Hydromecanique Et Frottement Sas Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/12/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Uk Steel Enterprise Ltdceased 06/12/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Andrew William Mccullochceased 06/12/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1991-03-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC22210 — SIC 22210

Registered office

Unit 2, Derwent Way

Wath Upon Dearne

Rotherham

S63 6EX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-28

Last: 2026-03-14