AA INDUSTRIAL DOOR CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03554381 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-28
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees101000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-13
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-05-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-05-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2024-05-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 1998-04-30
    ➖
    WILSON, Sandra resigned
    secretary
  17. 1998-04-30
    ➖
    WILSON, Neil Joseph, Dr resigned
    director
  18. 1998-04-29
    ➕
    SALT, Richard appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-04-29
    ➕
    SALT, Darren appointed
    director
  20. 1998-04-29
    ➕
    SALT, Richard appointed
    director
  21. 1998-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As AA INDUSTRIAL DOOR CO. LIMITED
  22. 1998-04-28
    ➕
    WILSON, Sandra appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-04-28
    ➕
    WILSON, Neil Joseph, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

Salts Mill Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Salts Mill Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AA INDUSTRIAL DOOR CO. LIMITED
This company · 03554381

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
Salts Mill Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/04/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Richard Saltceased 26/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Darren Saltceased 26/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1998-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Units C4-C5 Canklow Meadows
Industrial Estate, West Bawtry
Road Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 2XL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SALT, Richard→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-29
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Active
SALT, Darren→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SALT, Richard→
director · ~63y · appointed 1998-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Sandra→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-28 · resigned 1998-04-30
Resigned
WILSON, Neil Joseph, Dr→
director · ~57y · appointed 1998-04-28 · resigned 1998-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-05-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30