80072 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03036777 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-22

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£450.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 30200

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (7 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £450,859

Net assets shrinking

Down £16,384 YoY

Cash YoY

-10%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£114k

↓ 10.0% YoY

Net Worth

£451k

↓ 3.5% YoY

Current Assets

£188k

↓ 3.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£459.1k	£475.5k
Current assets	£187.7k	£194.1k
Cash	£113.5k	£126.1k
Debtors	£74.1k	£67.9k
Net assets	£450.9k	£467.2k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

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officers · CH01
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
2022-04-27
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accounts · AA
2019-12-29
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2019-12-24
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SMALES, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2019-09-16
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accounts · AA
2018-08-22
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2017-09-07
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2013-06-09
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MAXWELL, Andrew appointed
director
2013-06-09
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PERRY, Martin Leonard resigned
director
2005-05-15
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JONES, Robert James appointed
director
2004-09-11
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HOOK, Michael Roy resigned
director
2002-04-20
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MAXWELL, Robert Allan resigned
director
2000-04-16
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SUCKLING, Andrew Michael appointed
director
1999-04-25
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COWAN, Donald Harry resigned
director
1999-04-25
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HOOK, Michael Roy appointed
director
1995-03-22
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Company incorporated
As 80072 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CO. LIMITED
1995-03-22
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JONES, Robert James appointed
secretary
1995-03-22
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COMPTON, Michael John appointed
director
1995-03-22
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EVANS, Peter Kenneth appointed
director
1995-03-22
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-03-22
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-03-22
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COWAN, Donald Harry appointed
director
1995-03-22
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MAXWELL, Robert Allan appointed
director
1995-03-22
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PERRY, Martin Leonard appointed
director
1995-03-22
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-03-22
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Llangollen Standard 4 Trust holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Llangollen Standard 4 Trust

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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80072 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CO. LIMITED

This company · 03036777

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Llangollen Standard 4 Trust Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1995-03-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC30200 — SIC 30200

Registered office

25 Grosvenor Road

Wrexham

LL11 1BT

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11