ADVANCED SEALS AND GASKETS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03265619 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-18

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£4.02M

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 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

8 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 25.5y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (8 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,015,120

Cash YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.8m

↑ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£4.0m

~ YoY

Current Assets

£4.6m

↓ 1.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£4.15M	£4.05M
Current assets	£4.59M	£4.67M
Cash	£1.84M	£1.62M
Debtors	£1.99M	£2.41M
Net assets	£4.02M	£4.01M

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
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BREAKWELL, Kathryn appointed
director
2025-10-22
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JONES, Carl appointed
director
2025-10-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-10
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mortgage · MR04
2025-10-10
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mortgage · MR01
2025-10-10
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Charge satisfied #3
2025-10-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-01
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BREAKWELL, Dale James appointed
director
2025-10-01
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CRIDDLE, Aaron appointed
director
2025-10-01
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TIGHE, Christopher appointed
director
2025-10-01
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WHYLE, Keith David appointed
director
2025-10-01
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BALIANA, Polla Singh resigned
director
2025-10-01
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JONES, Carl resigned
director
2025-10-01
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Carl Jones
2024-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-03-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-05
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-02-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-10-14
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-10-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-12-16
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ALLEN, Lee Joseph resigned
director
2009-02-02
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WHYLE, Keith David resigned
director
2008-04-03
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ALLEN, Lee Joseph appointed
director
2008-04-03
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JONES, Carl appointed
director
2008-04-03
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WHYLE, Keith David appointed
director
2008-04-03
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) Limited
2008-04-03
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD ("the Security Holder")
2008-04-03
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD ("the Security Holder")
2008-04-03
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2008-04-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Richard Paul Breakwell and Polla Singh Baliana (For Themselves and as Agents and Trustees of the Holders for the Time Being of the Loan Notes)
2001-11-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-11-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1996-10-19
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BREAKWELL, Richard Paul appointed
secretary
1996-10-19
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BREAKWELL, Richard Paul appointed
director
1996-10-19
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-10-19
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BALIANA, Polla Singh appointed
director
1996-10-19
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1996-10-18
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED SEALS AND GASKETS LIMITED
1996-10-18
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BREAKWELL, Dale James (same surname) appointed 2025-10-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
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

2 med · 1 low

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BALIANA, Polla Singh resigned 2025-10-01; JONES, Carl resigned 2025-10-01

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Advanced Seals & Gaskets (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Advanced Seals & Gaskets (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ADVANCED SEALS AND GASKETS LIMITED

This company · 03265619

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
Advanced Seals & Gaskets (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	18/10/2016

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

Incorporated1996-10-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC22190 — SIC 22190

Registered office

Polymer Works

Hope Street

Dudley

West Midlands

DY2 8RS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-20

Last: 2025-11-06