ATLAS TUBE BENDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03162842 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-22

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 29.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 24310

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 29.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 29.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	12	1200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2024-12-03
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annual-return · RP04AR01
2024-12-03
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annual-return · RP04AR01
2024-07-10
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officers · AP01
2024-07-02
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-07-01
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THEOBALD, Anthony Lee appointed
director
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
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officers · AP01
2023-10-13
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MEAH, Steven Paul appointed
director
2022-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-17
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accounts · AA
2014-09-23
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MEAH, Bethany Jane appointed
director
2012-03-01
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Charge satisfied #2
2012-03-01
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-09-29
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THEOBALD, Anthony Lee appointed
secretary
2011-09-26
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MEAH, Sharon May resigned
secretary
2011-06-17
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MEAH, Sharon May appointed
director
1997-06-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1997-06-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1997-04-29
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MEAH, Sharon May appointed
secretary
1996-07-15
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MEAH, Neil appointed
director
1996-07-15
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WOOD, Martin appointed
director
1996-03-01
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APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-03-01
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APEX NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1996-02-22
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Company incorporated
As ATLAS TUBE BENDING LIMITED
1996-02-22
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APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-02-22
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APEX NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MEAH, Steven Paul (same surname) appointed 2023-10-13. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Atlas Tube Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Atlas Tube Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ATLAS TUBE BENDING LIMITED

This company · 03162842

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Atlas Tube Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% 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

Incorporated1996-02-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC24310 — SIC 24310

Registered office

Albert Street

Hollinwood

Oldham

OL8 3QP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07