ADVANCED COILWINDING EQUIPMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02793110 · ltd · incorporated 1993-02-23
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 32.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33200SIC 33200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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 32.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
88 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

1 year 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
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2026-03-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-10-16
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Kathleen Alice Margaret appointed
    director
  6. 2025-10-16
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-10-16
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2025-10-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2024-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-11-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-10-19
    ➖
    FITZGERALD, Leigh resigned
    director
  19. 1994-04-14
    ➕
    FITZGERALD, Leigh appointed
    director
  20. 1994-03-28
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  21. 1993-02-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED COILWINDING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
  22. 1993-02-23
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Kathleen Alice Margaret appointed
    secretary
  23. 1993-02-23
    ➕
    JOHNSON, John David appointed
    director
  24. 1993-02-23
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-02-23
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-02-23
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1993-02-23
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES 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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 83 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 33 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John David Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Kathleen Alice Margaret Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1943 · age 83
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1993-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

29 Crown Woods Way
Eltham
London
SE9 2NL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

JOHNSON, Kathleen Alice Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1993-02-23
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Active
JOHNSON, John David→
director · ~82y · appointed 1993-02-23
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Active
JOHNSON, Kathleen Alice Margaret→
director · ~83y · appointed 2025-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-02-23 · resigned 1993-02-23
Resigned
FITZGERALD, Leigh→
director · ~61y · appointed 1994-04-14 · resigned 2005-10-19
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-02-23 · resigned 1993-02-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property28/03/199416/10/2025

Recent filings (88 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10