P.D.S.C.N.C. ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02638036 · ltd · incorporated 1991-08-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 30.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 30.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.1 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees18001900

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-08-23
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-08-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-09
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    WEEKES, Annette Jean Getty resigned
    director
  12. 2022-08-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2020-09-24
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  17. 2020-09-24
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  18. 2020-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2007-11-30
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    WEEKES, Annette Jean Getty appointed
    director
  20. 2007-09-17
    ➖
    PINDER, Andrew resigned
    director
  21. 2007-08-31
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    GETTY, Deborah Susan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    WOODCOCK, Christopher resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    WOODCOCK, Christopher resigned
    director
  24. 2007-02-26
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    PINDER, Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 2004-08-22
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    WOODCOCK, Leslie Hugh resigned
    director
  26. 1996-04-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  27. 1994-05-01
    ➕
    GETTY, Deborah Susan appointed
    director
  28. 1994-05-01
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    GETTY, William John resigned
    director
  29. 1991-11-14
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    GETTY, William John appointed
    director
  30. 1991-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As P.D.S.C.N.C. ENGINEERING LIMITED
  31. 1991-08-15
    ➕
    WOODCOCK, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  32. 1991-08-15
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1991-08-15
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1991-08-15
    ➕
    WOODCOCK, Christopher appointed
    director
  35. 1991-08-15
    ➕
    WOODCOCK, Leslie Hugh appointed
    director
  36. 1991-08-15
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 1991-08-15
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Annette Jean Getty Weekes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
50–75%
—50-75% shares09/12/2022
Mr William John Getty
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2020
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Annette Jean Getty Weekesceased 09/12/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Mrs Deborah Susan Gettyceased 09/01/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mr William John Gettyceased 09/01/2019· 50-75% shares

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

Unit 10 Riverside Business Centr
Cliffe Street
Nelson
Lancashire
BB9 7QR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

GETTY, Deborah Susan→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GETTY, Deborah Susan→
director · ~68y · appointed 1994-05-01
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Active
GETTY, William John→
director · ~74y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODCOCK, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 1991-08-15 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-08-15 · resigned 1991-08-15
Resigned
GETTY, William John→
director · ~74y · appointed 1991-11-14 · resigned 1994-05-01
Resigned
PINDER, Andrew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-02-26 · resigned 2007-09-17
Resigned
WEEKES, Annette Jean Getty→
director · ~47y · appointed 2007-11-30 · resigned 2022-12-09
Resigned
WOODCOCK, Christopher→
director · ~59y · appointed 1991-08-15 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
WOODCOCK, Leslie Hugh→
director · ~85y · appointed 1991-08-15 · resigned 2004-08-22
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-08-15 · resigned 1991-08-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property24/04/1996—
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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22