ALUMINIUM BENDING SPECIALISTS LIMITED

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02883903 · ltd · incorporated 1993-12-24
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 32.4y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (1 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)
78
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
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 employees232300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-07
    ➖
    GAVIN, Robert Anthony resigned
    director
  5. 2023-07-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-06-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2023-06-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2023-06-02
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    Charge satisfied #3
  9. 2023-06-02
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2020-06-08
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  15. 2019-12-31
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2019-12-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-12-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2017-12-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2017-12-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2013-04-10
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    PASIERB, Susan Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  23. 2013-04-10
    ➖
    PASIERB, Robert Alan resigned
    director
  24. 2013-04-10
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Susan Pasiers
  25. 2012-10-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Thincats Loan Syndicates Limited
  26. 2008-07-01
    ➖
    PASIERB, Robert Alan resigned
    secretary
  27. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    PASIERB, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-04-03
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Gregor appointed
    director
  29. 2007-04-03
    ➖
    BARTRAM, Ann Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  30. 2007-04-03
    ➕
    PASIERB, Robert Alan appointed
    secretary
  31. 2007-04-03
    ➖
    BARTRAM, Brian Jonathan resigned
    director
  32. 2007-04-03
    ➕
    GAVIN, Robert Anthony appointed
    director
  33. 1998-03-01
    ➕
    BARTRAM, Ann Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  34. 1998-03-01
    ➖
    BARTRAM, Brian Jonathan resigned
    secretary
  35. 1994-03-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  36. 1993-12-29
    ➕
    BARTRAM, Brian Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  37. 1993-12-29
    ➕
    BARTRAM, Brian Jonathan appointed
    director
  38. 1993-12-29
    ➕
    PASIERB, Robert Alan appointed
    director
  39. 1993-12-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALUMINIUM BENDING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
  40. 1993-12-24
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1993-12-24
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1993-12-24
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  43. 1993-12-24
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Regent Formations 95 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Regent Formations 95 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALUMINIUM BENDING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
This company · 02883903

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
Regent Formations 95 Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Robert Anthony Gavinceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Gregor Russellceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares

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

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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-12-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 1 Ventura Court
Lowmoor Business Park
Kirkby In Ashfield Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG17 7DF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-07
Last: 2025-12-24

Officers (1 active · 9 resigned)

RUSSELL, Gregor→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARTRAM, Ann Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-01 · resigned 2007-04-03
Resigned
BARTRAM, Brian Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 1993-12-29 · resigned 1998-03-01
Resigned
PASIERB, Robert Alan→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-03 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
PASIERB, Susan Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-01 · resigned 2013-04-10
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-12-24 · resigned 1993-12-24
Resigned
BARTRAM, Brian Jonathan→
director · ~74y · appointed 1993-12-29 · resigned 2007-04-03
Resigned
GAVIN, Robert Anthony→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-04-03 · resigned 2023-07-07
Resigned
PASIERB, Robert Alan→
director · ~73y · appointed 1993-12-29 · resigned 2013-04-10
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-12-24 · resigned 1993-12-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property08/06/2020—
satisfied
Susan Pasiers / Robert Pasiers
A registered charge1 property10/04/201302/06/2023
satisfied
Thincats Loan Syndicates
Thincats Loan Syndicates Limited
Debenture1 property02/10/201202/06/2023
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property01/03/199431/12/2019
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Recent filings (110 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25