A & M EDM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04548392 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-30

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 12.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.5y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (8 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

92 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-10
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HOWELL, Benjamin appointed
director
2025-05-20
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HOWELL, Benjamin appointed
secretary
2025-05-20
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WINGFIELD, Melvin resigned
secretary
2025-05-20
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-05-20
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-15
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-10-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-03-04
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-02-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-02-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-09-30
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SURMAN, Gary Mark resigned
director
2022-09-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-11
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POWELL, Kevin Philip appointed
director
2020-01-01
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FINCH, Lee Wayne appointed
director
2020-01-01
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TALBOT, Stuart Michael appointed
director
2020-01-01
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WATTS, Arthur James appointed
director
2020-01-01
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SURMAN, Gary Mark appointed
director
2014-02-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-01-20
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WINGFIELD, Melvin appointed
director
2014-01-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2008-07-23
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WATTS, Arthur James resigned
director
2005-09-21
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WATTS, Joanne Louise resigned
secretary
2005-09-21
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WINGFIELD, Melvin appointed
secretary
2003-02-01
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WINGFIELD, Mark Robert appointed
director
2002-09-30
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Company incorporated
As A & M EDM LIMITED
2002-09-30
➕
WATTS, Joanne Louise appointed
secretary
2002-09-30
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WATTS, Arthur James appointed
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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

Group structure

A & M Pure Precision Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A & M Pure Precision Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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A & M EDM LIMITED

This company · 04548392

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
A & M Pure Precision Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	24/04/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Mark Robert Wingfieldceased 24/04/2019· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated2002-09-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

25 Mornington Road

Smethwick

West Midlands

B66 2JE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-05

Last: 2026-02-19