ADVANCED CONTRACTS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04164682 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-21

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 24.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£311.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43320Joinery installation

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 24.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.0 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 (71/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £311,643

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£107k

Net Worth

£312k

Current Assets

£561k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30
Total assets	£360.2k
Current assets	£560.8k
Cash	£107.2k
Debtors	£437.6k
Net assets	£311.6k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-05-06
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-01-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-30
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-02-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-26
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PLANT, Spencer John appointed
director
2022-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-07-25
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GOLBY, Kevin resigned
director
2002-05-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2001-02-21
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED CONTRACTS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED
2001-02-21
➕
HAYNES, Steven Edward appointed
secretary
2001-02-21
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HAYNES, Steven Edward appointed
director
2001-02-21
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-02-21
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-02-21
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GOLBY, Kevin appointed
director
2001-02-21
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-02-21
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Steven Edward Haynes Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2001-02-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Unit 2 Gilbert Enterprise Park

Ashmore Lake Road

Willenhall

West Midlands

WV12 4LA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HAYNES, Steven Edward→

secretary · appointed 2001-02-21

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Active

HAYNES, Steven Edward→

director · ~58y · appointed 2001-02-21

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Active

PLANT, Spencer John→

director · ~41y · appointed 2023-07-26

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Active

SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-21 · resigned 2001-02-21

Resigned

GOLBY, Kevin→

director · ~56y · appointed 2001-02-21 · resigned 2014-07-25

Resigned

WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-21 · resigned 2001-02-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	28/05/2002	—

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Recent filings (76 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2026-05-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-23

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

officers · CH01

2026-01-12

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-12

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-07-30

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

officers · CH01

2025-07-30

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

officers · CH01

2025-07-30

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-07-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-02-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-21

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

officers · AP01

2023-07-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-11-22