A K SHEET METAL FABRICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03302519 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-15
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 25.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees454900

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-11
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    mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
    mortgage · MR05
  4. 2024-04-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-24
    ➕
    GOODARE, Mark David appointed
    director
  14. 2016-03-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-02-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2001-04-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2000-08-04
    ➕
    DODSON, Andrew Robin appointed
    director
  19. 1997-01-16
    ➕
    GOODARE, Keith Ronald appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-01-16
    ➕
    DODSON, Allan appointed
    director
  21. 1997-01-16
    ➕
    GOODARE, Keith Ronald appointed
    director
  22. 1997-01-16
    ➖
    SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1997-01-16
    ➖
    SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 1997-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As A K SHEET METAL FABRICATIONS LIMITED
  25. 1997-01-15
    ➕
    SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1997-01-15
    ➕
    SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

Ak Building Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ak Building Services Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A K SHEET METAL FABRICATIONS LIMITED
This company · 03302519

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ak Building Services Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated1997-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit A Saxon Way
Priory Park West
Hessle
East Yorkshire
HU13 9PB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

GOODARE, Keith Ronald→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DODSON, Allan→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-01-16
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Active
DODSON, Andrew Robin→
director · ~56y · appointed 2000-08-04
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Active
GOODARE, Keith Ronald→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODARE, Mark David→
director · ~41y · appointed 2016-03-24
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Active
SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-01-15 · resigned 1997-01-16
Resigned
SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1997-01-15 · resigned 1997-01-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property19/04/2001—
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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2024-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-29