A1 ANODISING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03608610 · ltd · incorporated 1998-08-03

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (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 (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	16	1800

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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accounts · AA
2023-05-05
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capital · SH08
2023-05-05
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-05-05
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-20
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officers · AP01
2023-04-20
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officers · AP01
2023-04-06
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BARTHROPE, Craig appointed
director
2023-04-06
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BARTHROPE, Daniel appointed
director
2023-01-06
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accounts · AA
2022-02-21
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accounts · AA
2022-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-11-02
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capital · SH08
2020-11-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-11
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accounts · AA
1998-08-04
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BARTHROPE, Jill Sophia appointed
secretary
1998-08-04
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BARTHROPE, Jill Sophia appointed
director
1998-08-04
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BARTHROPE, Neil Robert appointed
director
1998-08-04
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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1998-08-04
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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1998-08-03
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Company incorporated
As A1 ANODISING LIMITED
1998-08-03
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-08-03
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BARTHROPE, Craig (same surname) appointed 2023-04-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jill Sophia Barthrope Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Neil Robert Barthrope Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-08-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

Allen House

1 Westmead Road

Sutton

Surrey

SM1 4LA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-15

Last: 2026-05-01