ANDREW KLOSE ENGINEERING LIMITED

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04473078 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£17.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,364
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,350 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£17k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£18k£27k£37k£46kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£17.8k£24.3k
Current assets£37.6k£45.8k
Net assets£17.4k£23.7k

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

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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-06-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2016-07-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-04-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2002-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW KLOSE ENGINEERING LIMITED
  18. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Carole appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    KLOSE, Andrew Bernard appointed
    director
  20. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-06-29
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-06-29
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-06-29
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KLOSE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Bernard Klose
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

10 College Crescent College Crescent
Haslingfield
Cambridge
CB23 1LZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-13
Last: 2026-06-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROBINSON, Carole→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-29
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Active
KLOSE, Andrew Bernard→
director · ~77y · appointed 2002-06-29
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-06-29
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-06-29
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-06-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/04/2003—
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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29