A.J.STEEL FABRICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04251895 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-13
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£472.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £472,195
Net assets shrinking
Down £331,781 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 62% YoY
Cash YoY
-62%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£240k
↓ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£472k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£378k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£178k£357k£535k£713k£892kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£498.1k£818.0k
Current assets£378.3k£891.7k
Cash£240.0k£623.8k
Debtors£127.7k£252.6k
Net assets£472.2k£804.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-14
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  3. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-25
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  5. 2023-03-23
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  6. 2022-04-25
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  7. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-13
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  14. 2015-02-27
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  15. 2014-08-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-06-28
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    WALKER, Marilyn appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-06-28
    ➕
    SMITH, Amanda Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2002-06-28
    ➕
    WALKER, Marilyn appointed
    director
  19. 2002-06-28
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    SMITH, Andrew Karl resigned
    secretary
  20. 2001-08-01
    ➕
    WALKER, Jeffrey Allan appointed
    director
  21. 2001-07-23
    ➕
    SMITH, Andrew Karl appointed
    director
  22. 2001-07-23
    ➕
    SMITH, Andrew Karl appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-07-23
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-07-23
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As A.J.STEEL FABRICATIONS LIMITED
  26. 2001-07-13
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-07-13
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeffrey Allan Walker
Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence26/07/2016

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
Incorporated2001-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Unit 1 Catfoss Industrial Estate
Bewholme Lane, Brandesburton
Driffield
East Yorkshire
YO25 8ES

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

WALKER, Marilyn→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-28
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Active
SMITH, Amanda Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-06-28
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Active
SMITH, Andrew Karl→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-07-23
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Active
WALKER, Jeffrey Allan→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-08-01
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Active
WALKER, Marilyn→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Andrew Karl→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-23 · resigned 2002-06-28
Resigned
CREDITREFORM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-13 · resigned 2001-07-23
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-13 · resigned 2001-07-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23