AKG UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03488212 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-05

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

25990SIC 25990

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (2 active, 16 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

118 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-03
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-01
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SPEIRS, Kenneth John appointed
director
2024-08-31
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SCHINDEHUTTE, Harald resigned
secretary
2024-08-31
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SCHINDEHUTTE, Harald resigned
director
2024-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2014-07-25
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GRUBB, Laurence Meirion resigned
director
2009-08-18
➖
ANTHONY, Julie Amanda resigned
secretary
2009-08-18
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SCHINDEHUTTE, Harald appointed
secretary
2009-08-18
➖
ANTHONY, Julie Amanda resigned
director
2009-01-06
➕
GRUBB, Laurence Meirion appointed
director
2007-07-31
➖
EGGERS, Burkhardt resigned
director
2007-01-01
➕
ANTHONY, Julie Amanda appointed
director
2006-12-31
➖
REICHEL, Dieter Joachim resigned
director
2006-02-01
➕
EGGERS, Burkhardt appointed
director
2006-01-31
➕
ANTHONY, Julie Amanda appointed
secretary
2006-01-31
➖
PIETZCKER, Dipl Ing Hartwig resigned
secretary
2006-01-31
➖
DAVIES, Alun resigned
director
2004-08-01
➕
PIETZCKER, Theodor Friedrich Hartwig appointed
director
2004-08-01
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PIETZCKER, Dipl Ing Hartwig appointed
secretary
2004-07-31
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REICHEL, Dieter Joachim resigned
secretary
1998-12-30
➕
DAVIES, Alun appointed
director
1998-12-30
➖
GOBEL, Karl Josef resigned
director
1998-12-30
➖
PIETZCKER, Hans Dirk resigned
director
1998-12-30
➕
SCHINDEHUTTE, Harald appointed
director
1998-01-08
➕
REICHEL, Dieter Joachim appointed
secretary
1998-01-08
➖
BERITH (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-01-08
➕
GOBEL, Karl Josef appointed
director
1998-01-08
➕
PIETZCKER, Hans Dirk appointed
director
1998-01-08
➕
REICHEL, Dieter Joachim appointed
director
1998-01-08
➖
BERITH (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1998-01-05
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Company incorporated
As AKG UK LIMITED
1998-01-05
➕
BERITH (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-01-05
➕
BERITH (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Theodor Friedrich Hartwig Pietzcker Individual · German · DOB 03/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-01-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Ty Antur

Navigation Park

Abercynon

CF45 4SN

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-11

Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (2 active · 14 resigned)

PIETZCKER, Theodor Friedrich Hartwig→

director · ~57y · appointed 2004-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SPEIRS, Kenneth John→

director · ~48y · appointed 2024-09-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ANTHONY, Julie Amanda→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2009-08-18

Resigned

PIETZCKER, Dipl Ing Hartwig→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2006-01-31

Resigned

REICHEL, Dieter Joachim→

secretary · appointed 1998-01-08 · resigned 2004-07-31

Resigned

SCHINDEHUTTE, Harald→

secretary · appointed 2009-08-18 · resigned 2024-08-31

Resigned

BERITH (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 1998-01-08

Resigned

ANTHONY, Julie Amanda→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-01-01 · resigned 2009-08-18

Resigned

DAVIES, Alun→

director · ~72y · appointed 1998-12-30 · resigned 2006-01-31

Resigned

EGGERS, Burkhardt→

director · ~60y · appointed 2006-02-01 · resigned 2007-07-31

Resigned

GOBEL, Karl Josef→

director · ~91y · appointed 1998-01-08 · resigned 1998-12-30

Resigned

GRUBB, Laurence Meirion→

director · ~77y · appointed 2009-01-06 · resigned 2014-07-25

Resigned

PIETZCKER, Hans Dirk→

director · ~96y · appointed 1998-01-08 · resigned 1998-12-30

Resigned

REICHEL, Dieter Joachim→

director · ~91y · appointed 1998-01-08 · resigned 2006-12-31

Resigned

SCHINDEHUTTE, Harald→

director · ~68y · appointed 1998-12-30 · resigned 2024-08-31

Resigned

BERITH (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 1998-01-08

Resigned

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Recent filings (118 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2026-05-15

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-03-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-30

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-05-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-28

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-09-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-09-03

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-09-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-04-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-30