ATLAS SEALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03144530 · ltd · incorporated 1996-01-10
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
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£13.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £13,219
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£31k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£13k
↑ 5.9% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£48k£60kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£13.2k£12.5k
Current assets£60.2k£60.4k
Cash£30.7k£30.5k
Debtors£28.8k£29.2k
Net assets£13.2k£12.5k

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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-22
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  5. 2023-10-19
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  6. 2022-10-18
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  7. 2021-10-26
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  8. 2020-10-29
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  9. 2019-10-31
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  10. 2018-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1997-11-30
    ➕
    RHODES, Jayne Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  17. 1997-11-30
    ➕
    RHODES, Jayne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 1997-11-30
    ➖
    GRAY, Christopher John resigned
    secretary
  19. 1997-11-30
    ➖
    GRAY, Christopher John resigned
    director
  20. 1996-01-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ATLAS SEALS LIMITED
  21. 1996-01-10
    ➕
    RHODES, Alan Philip appointed
    director
  22. 1996-01-10
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-01-10
    ➖
    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-01-10
    ➕
    GRAY, Christopher John appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-01-10
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 1996-01-10
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
    nominee-director
  27. 1996-01-10
    ➕
    GRAY, Christopher John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 Alan Philip Rhodes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jayne Elizabeth Rhodes
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22190 — SIC 22190

Registered office

Unit 30 Fairground Way
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 4NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

RHODES, Jayne Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RHODES, Alan Philip→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RHODES, Jayne Elizabeth→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-01-10 · resigned 1996-01-10
Resigned
GRAY, Christopher John→
secretary · appointed 1996-01-10 · resigned 1997-11-30
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1996-01-10 · resigned 1996-01-10
Resigned
GRAY, Christopher John→
director · ~67y · appointed 1996-01-10 · resigned 1997-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14