A - LINE COMPONENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04205105 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-24
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22210
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees200100

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 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-05-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-05-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-17
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    address · AD01
  10. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-01-16
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    SIMPSON, Richard James appointed
    director
  17. 2001-06-04
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    SIMPSON, Rita appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-06-04
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Eric appointed
    director
  19. 2001-04-26
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-04-26
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2001-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As A - LINE COMPONENTS LTD
  22. 2001-04-24
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-04-24
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Melanie Helen Simpson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/04/2025
Mr Richard James Simpson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22210 — SIC 22210

Registered office

6 Birchitt Close
Bradway
Sheffield
S17 4QJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SIMPSON, Rita→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-04
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Active
SIMPSON, Eric→
director · ~87y · appointed 2001-06-04
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Active
SIMPSON, Richard James→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-01-16
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-24 · resigned 2001-04-26
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-24 · resigned 2001-04-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29