ALTRECH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02879786 · ltd · incorporated 1993-12-10
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
93 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

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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-07-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-04-24
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    SAWCZUK, Adam Paul appointed
    director
  9. 2023-04-24
    ➕
    SAWCZUK, Rebecca Lauren appointed
    director
  10. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-07-20
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    MCCARTNEY, Maureen resigned
    director
  18. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    MCCARTNEY, Maureen appointed
    director
  21. 2013-09-27
    ➖
    NOBLE, Keith resigned
    secretary
  22. 2013-09-27
    ➖
    NOBLE, Keith resigned
    director
  23. 1993-12-22
    ➕
    SAWCZUK, Paul Joseph appointed
    director
  24. 1993-12-22
    ➕
    NOBLE, Keith appointed
    secretary
  25. 1993-12-22
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-12-22
    ➕
    NOBLE, Keith appointed
    director
  27. 1993-12-22
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1993-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTRECH LIMITED
  29. 1993-12-10
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1993-12-10
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SAWCZUK, Adam Paul (same surname) appointed 2023-04-24. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Joseph Sawczuk
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated1993-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

Sterling House
3 Wavell Drive, Rosehill Industrial Estate,
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA1 2SA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

SAWCZUK, Adam Paul→
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAWCZUK, Paul Joseph→
director · ~70y · appointed 1993-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAWCZUK, Rebecca Lauren→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOBLE, Keith→
secretary · appointed 1993-12-22 · resigned 2013-09-27
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-12-10 · resigned 1993-12-22
Resigned
MCCARTNEY, Maureen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2018-07-20
Resigned
NOBLE, Keith→
director · ~70y · appointed 1993-12-22 · resigned 2013-09-27
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-12-10 · resigned 1993-12-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13