EAGLE STRUCTURAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02875563 · ltd · incorporated 1993-11-26
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 31.5y 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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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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 31.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.5 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 (79/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
107 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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees20002000

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2024-09-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2017-11-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-11-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2014-10-31
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    LOCKING-SHARPE, Bethany appointed
    director
  18. 2013-06-10
    ➕
    LOCKING, Philip John appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-20
    ➖
    COUPLAND, John Frederick resigned
    director
  20. 1998-05-29
    ➕
    LOCKING, Jacqueline Helen appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-05-29
    ➖
    COUPLAND, John Frederick resigned
    secretary
  22. 1995-01-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 1993-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As EAGLE STRUCTURAL LIMITED
  24. 1993-11-26
    ➕
    LOCKING, Gary appointed
    director
  25. 1993-11-26
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-11-26
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1993-11-26
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1993-11-26
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    COUPLAND, John Frederick appointed
    secretary
  30. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    COUPLAND, John Frederick appointed
    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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)

Group structure

Esl Assets Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Esl Assets Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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EAGLE STRUCTURAL LIMITED
This company · 02875563

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Esl Assets Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/09/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Gary Lockingceased 12/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr John Frederick Couplandceased 05/05/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Lordship Road
Great Carlton
Lincolnshire
LN11 8JS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

LOCKING, Jacqueline Helen→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOCKING, Gary→
director · ~65y · appointed 1993-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOCKING, Philip John→
director · ~39y · appointed 2013-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOCKING-SHARPE, Bethany→
director · ~37y · appointed 2014-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COUPLAND, John Frederick→
secretary · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1998-05-29
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-11-26 · resigned 1993-11-26
Resigned
COUPLAND, John Frederick→
director · ~82y · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 2006-09-20
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-11-26 · resigned 1993-11-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property13/01/1995—
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Recent filings (107 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-09-27