ALLOY MASTERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03012402 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£385.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 30.5y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
106 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £385,333
Net assets shrinking
Down £197,490 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£385k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£166k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£117k£233k£350k£466k£583kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-272024-03-27
Total assets£401.7k£593.5k
Current assets£165.8k£305.7k
Net assets£385.3k£582.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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  2. 2025-04-23
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  3. 2023-12-13
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2022-03-14
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  6. 2021-12-16
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  7. 2021-06-23
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  8. 2021-03-26
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  9. 2021-02-24
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  10. 2021-02-01
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  11. 2019-12-19
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  12. 2019-03-27
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  13. 2018-06-01
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  14. 2017-12-20
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  15. 2017-04-06
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  16. 2008-05-06
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Richard Joseph Dajczak, Graham Stanley Mee and the Trustees of the Metals & Alloys International Limited Executive Pension Scheme
  17. 2008-05-06
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Richard Joeseph Daiczak, Graham Stanley Mee and the Trustees of the Metals & Alloys International Limited Executive Pension Scheme
  18. 2002-02-26
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    DAJCZAK, Katharina Helen resigned
    director
  19. 2001-04-01
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    DAJCZAK, Katharina Helen appointed
    director
  20. 2000-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 1999-05-06
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1999-04-21
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1998-09-30
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    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 1998-02-11
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    DAJCZAK, Denise Ann resigned
    director
  25. 1997-07-01
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    DAJCZAK, Richard Joseph appointed
    secretary
  26. 1997-07-01
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Ian resigned
    secretary
  27. 1996-05-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Confidential Invoice Discounting Limited
  28. 1995-11-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  29. 1995-03-27
    ➕
    MEE, Graham Stanley appointed
    director
  30. 1995-01-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLOY MASTERS LIMITED
  31. 1995-01-20
    ➕
    DAJCZAK, Richard Joseph appointed
    director
  32. 1995-01-20
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  33. 1995-01-20
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1995-01-20
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Ian appointed
    secretary
  35. 1995-01-20
    ➕
    DAJCZAK, Denise Ann appointed
    director
  36. 1995-01-20
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  37. 1995-01-20
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Joseph Dajczak
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Graham Stanley Mee
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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
Incorporated1995-01-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Leighton Hall
Leighton
Welshpool
Powys
SY21 8LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last made up to: 2025-03-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DAJCZAK, Richard Joseph→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-01
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Active
DAJCZAK, Richard Joseph→
director · ~70y · appointed 1995-01-20
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Active
MEE, Graham Stanley→
director · ~70y · appointed 1995-03-27
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Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-01-20 · resigned 1995-01-20
Resigned
THOMPSON, Ian→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-20 · resigned 1997-07-01
Resigned
DAJCZAK, Denise Ann→
director · ~73y · appointed 1995-01-20 · resigned 1998-02-11
Resigned
DAJCZAK, Katharina Helen→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2002-02-26
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1995-01-20 · resigned 1995-01-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
4
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Richard Joseph Dajczak, Graham Stanley Mee and the Trustees of the Metals & Alloys International Executive Pension Scheme
Richard Joseph Dajczak, Graham Stanley Mee and the Trustees of the Metals & Alloys International Limited Executive Pension Scheme
Mortgage1 property06/05/2008—
outstanding
Richard Joeseph Daiczak, Graham Stanley Mee and the Trustees of the Metals & Alloys International Executive Pension Scheme
Richard Joeseph Daiczak, Graham Stanley Mee and the Trustees of the Metals & Alloys International Limited Executive Pension Scheme
Debenture1 property06/05/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property06/05/1999—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property21/04/1999—
satisfied
Confidential Invoice Discounting
Confidential Invoice Discounting Limited
Fixed and floating charge1 property08/05/199630/09/1998
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property30/11/199506/12/2000
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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
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accounts · AA
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
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accounts · AA01
2021-03-26
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accounts · AAMD
2021-02-24
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2021-02-08