ALLIED MACHINE & ENGINEERING CO. (EUROPE) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
02768532 · ltd · incorporated 1992-11-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46620
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Average employees28

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-19
    ➕
    DAVIES, Sam appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-03-19
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Stephen Paul resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-03-19
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2025-03-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-03-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2025-03-06
    ➖
    CRAWFORD, Paul Andrew resigned
    director
  9. 2024-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-12-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-02-01
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Stephen Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 2015-01-31
    ➖
    CRAWFORD, Joyce resigned
    secretary
  21. 2015-01-31
    ➖
    CRAWFORD, Rodney resigned
    director
  22. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    STOKEY, Michael Allen appointed
    director
  23. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    STOKEY, Steven Ray appointed
    director
  24. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Paul Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 1992-12-11
    ➕
    STOKEY, William appointed
    director
  26. 1992-11-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALLIED MACHINE & ENGINEERING CO. (EUROPE) LTD.
  27. 1992-11-27
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Joyce appointed
    secretary
  28. 1992-11-27
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1992-11-27
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1992-11-27
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Rodney appointed
    director
  31. 1992-11-27
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1992-11-27
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Ray Stokey
Individual · American · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Michael Allen Stokey
Individual · American · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr William Harold Stokey
Individual · American · DOB 03/1939 · age 87
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1992-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46620 — SIC 46620

Registered office

93 Vantage Point
Pensnett Trading Estate
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 7FR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

DAVIES, Sam→
secretary · appointed 2025-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STOKEY, Michael Allen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STOKEY, Steven Ray→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STOKEY, William→
director · ~87y · appointed 1992-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRAWFORD, Joyce→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-27 · resigned 2015-01-31
Resigned
TAYLOR, Stephen Paul→
secretary · appointed 2015-02-01 · resigned 2025-03-19
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-11-27 · resigned 1992-11-27
Resigned
CRAWFORD, Paul Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-12-02 · resigned 2025-03-06
Resigned
CRAWFORD, Rodney→
director · ~81y · appointed 1992-11-27 · resigned 2015-01-31
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-11-27 · resigned 1992-11-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-03-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-08