A L SIMPKIN (GROUP) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04012926 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-12
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 25.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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

1 live charge · oldest 25.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees2200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-02
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-06-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-06-23
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2007-04-09
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    SIMPKIN, Robert John resigned
    director
  17. 2001-06-22
    ➕
    SIMPKIN, Adrian appointed
    director
  18. 2000-10-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2000-08-10
    ➕
    SIMPKIN, Karen Mary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-08-10
    ➕
    SIMPKIN, Karen Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2000-08-10
    ➖
    TRANTER, Robert Ian resigned
    secretary
  22. 2000-08-10
    ➖
    HARTLEY, Andrew James resigned
    director
  23. 2000-08-10
    ➕
    SIMPKIN, Robert John appointed
    director
  24. 2000-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A L SIMPKIN (GROUP) LIMITED
  25. 2000-06-12
    ➕
    TRANTER, Robert Ian appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-06-12
    ➕
    HARTLEY, Andrew James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "SIMPKIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-01-02: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Karen Mary Simpkin
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Adrian John Simpkin
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Ian Michael Simpkin
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

3 Hunter Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S6 4LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SIMPKIN, Karen Mary→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPKIN, Adrian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPKIN, Karen Mary→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRANTER, Robert Ian→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-12 · resigned 2000-08-10
Resigned
HARTLEY, Andrew James→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-06-12 · resigned 2000-08-10
Resigned
SIMPKIN, Robert John→
director · ~92y · appointed 2000-08-10 · resigned 2007-04-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture by the company and a l simkin & co limited1 property19/10/2000—
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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-03