ALLIED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED

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04406444 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-28
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 23.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£558.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.5y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £558,062
Cash YoY
+89%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£298k
↑ 89% YoY
Net Worth
£558k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£867k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£173k£347k£520k£693k£867kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£615.3k£505.5k
Current assets£866.7k£657.6k
Cash£298.4k£158.0k
Debtors£543.4k£474.5k
Net assets£558.1k£468.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-13
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  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-31
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2018-12-31
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    capital · SH06
  10. 2018-12-31
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    capital · SH03
  11. 2018-10-02
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-22
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    address · AD01
  13. 2018-02-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-19
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-04-06
    ➖
    BARNES, Diane resigned
    secretary
  17. 2015-04-06
    ➖
    BARNES, Diane resigned
    director
  18. 2015-04-06
    ➖
    BARNES, Paul Joseph resigned
    director
  19. 2011-11-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2008-09-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2002-12-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 2002-10-15
    ➖
    STUART, Hilary Alexandra resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-10-15
    ➖
    JENKINS, Russell John resigned
    director
  24. 2002-09-05
    ➕
    BARNES, Nicholas David appointed
    director
  25. 2002-09-05
    ➕
    BARNES, Thomas Rhys appointed
    director
  26. 2002-09-05
    ➕
    BARNES, Diane appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-09-05
    ➕
    BARNES, Diane appointed
    director
  28. 2002-09-05
    ➕
    BARNES, Paul Joseph appointed
    director
  29. 2002-03-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED
  30. 2002-03-28
    ➕
    STUART, Hilary Alexandra appointed
    secretary
  31. 2002-03-28
    ➕
    JENKINS, Russell John appointed
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Group structure

Amel Transaction Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Amel Transaction Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALLIED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 04406444

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Amel Transaction Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

Unit M4 Clos Marian
South Point Industrial Estate
Cardiff
CF10 4SP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BARNES, Nicholas David→
director · ~50y · appointed 2002-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNES, Thomas Rhys→
director · ~46y · appointed 2002-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNES, Diane→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-05 · resigned 2015-04-06
Resigned
STUART, Hilary Alexandra→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-28 · resigned 2002-10-15
Resigned
BARNES, Diane→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-09-05 · resigned 2015-04-06
Resigned
BARNES, Paul Joseph→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-09-05 · resigned 2015-04-06
Resigned
JENKINS, Russell John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-03-28 · resigned 2002-10-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/09/2008—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/12/200229/11/2011
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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-03