1 - OFF SHEET METAL COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03204179 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-28
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 25990SIC 25990
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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, 2 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees300300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2021-05-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2021-05-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-05-24
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2021-05-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-03-31
    ➕
    HACKING, Louise Rosemary appointed
    director
  14. 2020-03-31
    ➖
    HACKING, Janet resigned
    secretary
  15. 2020-03-31
    ➖
    HACKING, Janet resigned
    director
  16. 2020-03-30
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    HACKING, Louise Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  17. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-06-02
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  21. 2013-10-05
    ➖
    HACKING, Jim R (Senior) resigned
    director
  22. 1996-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As 1 - OFF SHEET METAL COMPANY LIMITED
  23. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    HACKING, James R Junior appointed
    director
  24. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    HACKING, Janet appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-05-28
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    HACKING, Janet appointed
    director
  28. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    HACKING, Jim R (Senior) appointed
    director
  29. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1996-05-28
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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 James R Junior Hacking
Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Louise Hacking
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/03/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Janet Hackingceased 31/03/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1996-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Low Mills Trading Estate
Low Mills Lane
Ravensthorpe Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF13 3LX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HACKING, Louise Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 2020-03-30
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Active
HACKING, James R Junior→
director · ~57y · appointed 1996-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HACKING, Louise Rosemary→
director · ~56y · appointed 2020-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HACKING, Janet→
secretary · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 2020-03-31
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 1996-05-28
Resigned
HACKING, Janet→
director · ~78y · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 2020-03-31
Resigned
HACKING, Jim R (Senior)→
director · ~80y · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 2013-10-05
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 1996-05-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-05-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-24
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-05-24