ANGELL WELDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03418846 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-13
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees800800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-04
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-10-27
    ANGELL, Elliot James appointed
    director
  4. 2025-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-06
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-07
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-23
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  11. 2018-02-16
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  12. 2017-02-16
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-08-05
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-05-15
    BACK, Kenneth Robert resigned
    director
  17. 2005-08-20
    MALKIN, Stephen David resigned
    director
  18. 1997-10-13
    BACK, Kenneth Robert appointed
    director
  19. 1997-10-13
    MALKIN, Stephen David appointed
    director
  20. 1997-08-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANGELL WELDING LIMITED
  21. 1997-08-13
    ANGELL, Rosemary Joy appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-08-13
    ANGELL, Ian Alexander Dean appointed
    director
  23. 1997-08-13
    STARTCO LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-08-13
    STARTCO LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-08-13
    NEWCO LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1997-08-13
    NEWCO LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANGELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ANGELL, Elliot James (same surname) appointed 2025-10-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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

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 Ian Alexander Dean Angell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
2550%
25-50% shares13/08/2016
Mrs Rosemary Joy Angell
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
2550%
25-50% shares13/08/2016

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
Incorporated1997-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

273 King Henrys Drive
New Addington
CR0 0AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ANGELL, Rosemary Joy
secretary · appointed 1997-08-13
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Active
ANGELL, Elliot James
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-10-27
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Active
ANGELL, Ian Alexander Dean
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-08-13
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Active
STARTCO LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-08-13 · resigned 1997-08-13
Resigned
BACK, Kenneth Robert
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-10-13 · resigned 2006-05-15
Resigned
MALKIN, Stephen David
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-10-13 · resigned 2005-08-20
Resigned
NEWCO LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-08-13 · resigned 1997-08-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-24