COUNTY STEEL SUPPLIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02715002 · ltd · incorporated 1992-05-15
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 24.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46720
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 24.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.8 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: medium (76/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1000 | 1000 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-10-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2001-08-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1992-08-15➕WINTER, Martyn James appointedsecretary
- 1992-05-18➖YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1992-05-15🏢Company incorporatedAs COUNTY STEEL SUPPLIES LIMITED
- 1992-05-15➕BEVINGTON, Timothy Andrew appointeddirector
- 1992-05-15➕WINTER, Martyn James appointeddirector
- 1992-05-15➕YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1992-05-15➕YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1992-05-05➖YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Martyn Winter Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Timothy Andrew Bevington Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46720 — SIC 46720
Registered office
Unit 21 Melmerby Industrial Estate
Green Lane Melmerby
Ripon
North Yorkshire
HG4 5HP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WINTER, Martyn James→
Activesecretary · appointed 1992-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BEVINGTON, Timothy Andrew→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1992-05-15
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WINTER, Martyn James→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 1992-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-05-15 · resigned 1992-05-05
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-05-15 · resigned 1992-05-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 09/08/2001 | — |
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Recent filings (86 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-11