ATLANTIC RUBBER & PLASTIC LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03350347 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.1 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: medium (78/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
97 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 900 | -1000 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-06➖GRAY, Christopher John resigneddirector
- 2023-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-05-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-08➖GRAY, Samantha Jane resigneddirector
- 2014-07-21➕GRAY, Samantha Jane appointeddirector
- 2014-07-21➕GRAY, Samantha Jane appointeddirector
- 2014-07-14➖GRAY, Wendy Ann resignedsecretary
- 2014-07-14➖GRAY, Wendy Ann resigneddirector
- 2006-04-01➕GRAY, Wendy Ann appointeddirector
- 2004-05-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2003-12-04➕HINTON, Lee Derek appointeddirector
- 1997-04-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ATLANTIC RUBBER & PLASTIC LIMITED
- 1997-04-10➕BREWER, Suzanne appointednominee-secretary
- 1997-04-10➖BREWER, Suzanne resignednominee-secretary
- 1997-04-10➕GRAY, Wendy Ann appointedsecretary
- 1997-04-10➕BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointednominee-director
- 1997-04-10➖BREWER, Kevin, Dr resignednominee-director
- 1997-04-10➕GRAY, Christopher John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Lee Derek Hinton Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 08/11/2024 |
Miss Samantha Jane Gray Individual · British · DOB 07/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Christopher John Grayceased 16/05/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22190 — SIC 22190
Registered office
Unit 2 Croxstalls Avenue
Bloxwich
Walsall
West Midlands
WS3 2PJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
GRAY, Samantha Jane→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2014-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HINTON, Lee Derek→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2003-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BREWER, Suzanne→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 1997-04-10
GRAY, Wendy Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 2014-07-14
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
Resignednominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 1997-04-10
GRAY, Christopher John→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 2023-04-06
GRAY, Samantha Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2014-07-21 · resigned 2014-08-08
GRAY, Wendy Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2006-04-01 · resigned 2014-07-14
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 26/05/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (97 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-31