AUTOMATED CUTTING ROOM SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03411149 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-29
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 28.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£4.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33200SIC 33200
  • 46640SIC 46640
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,884

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 6.6% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£4.9k£4.6k
Current assets£9.4k£10.1k
Net assets£4.9k£4.6k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-08-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-04-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-04-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-04-06
    ➕
    BONFIELD-JONES, Oliver Howard appointed
    director
  16. 2019-04-05
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    JONES, Howard Leslie resigned
    director
  17. 2018-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-02-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2018-02-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2018-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2005-07-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  22. 2005-04-01
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    JONES, Alyson Irvin appointed
    director
  23. 1997-08-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  24. 1997-07-29
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOMATED CUTTING ROOM SERVICES LIMITED
  25. 1997-07-29
    ➕
    JONES, Alyson Irvin appointed
    secretary
  26. 1997-07-29
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-07-29
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1997-07-29
    ➕
    JONES, Howard Leslie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Oliver Howard Bonfield-Jones
Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2019
Mrs Alyson Irwin Jones
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Howard Leslie Jonesceased 06/04/2019· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Glenside
Whixall
Whitchurch
SY13 2NH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JONES, Alyson Irvin→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BONFIELD-JONES, Oliver Howard→
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Alyson Irvin→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-29 · resigned 1997-07-29
Resigned
JONES, Howard Leslie→
director · ~73y · appointed 1997-07-29 · resigned 2019-04-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property01/07/200514/02/2018
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property25/08/1997—
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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-19