AB FLUID POWER LTD.

🌳Matureactive

02602712 · ltd · incorporated 1991-04-18

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 35.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28120

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active 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 35.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 35.0 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: 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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-03-06
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officers · AP01
2026-02-27
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TYNAN, Brendan appointed
director
2026-02-27
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TYNAN, Dale appointed
director
2026-02-27
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TYNAN, Nicholas appointed
director
2026-02-27
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TYNAN, Vanessa Joy appointed
director
2026-02-27
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SEYMOUR, Robert resigned
director
2026-02-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-27
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officers · AP01
2026-02-27
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officers · AP01
2026-02-27
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officers · TM01
2026-02-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-14
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accounts · AA
2025-07-22
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SEYMOUR, Anne resigned
secretary
2025-07-22
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
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accounts · AA
2022-02-08
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accounts · AA
2021-04-07
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accounts · AA
2020-03-04
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accounts · AA
2018-12-18
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accounts · AA
2018-03-22
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accounts · AA
1999-10-20
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SEYMOUR, Anne appointed
secretary
1999-10-20
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SEYMOUR, Robert resigned
secretary
1999-10-20
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SEYMOUR, Robert resigned
director
1993-03-03
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SEYMOUR, Anne resigned
director
1992-01-24
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1991-07-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1991-04-18
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Company incorporated
As AB FLUID POWER LTD.
1991-04-18
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PACKER, Kelvin Gordon appointed
director
1991-04-18
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SEYMOUR, Robert appointed
secretary
1991-04-18
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-04-18
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-04-18
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SEYMOUR, Anne appointed
director
1991-04-18
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SEYMOUR, Robert appointed
director
1991-04-18
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SEYMOUR, Robert appointed
director

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 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

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TYNAN, Dale (same surname) appointed 2026-02-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: SEYMOUR, Anne resigned 2025-07-22; SEYMOUR, Robert resigned 2026-02-27

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kelvin Packer Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Robert Seymourceased 27/02/2026· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1991-04-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC28120 — SIC 28120

Registered office

Unit 24 25 & 37 Dixon Business Centre Dixon Road

Brislington

Bristol

BS4 5QW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-02

Last: 2026-04-18