ADVANCED BOLTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04586551 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25940
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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 (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
75 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £475.6k |
| Current assets | — | £576.1k |
| Net assets | — | £474.6k |
| Average employees | 4 | — |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-22📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-01-02📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-12-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-12-19➖BRADLEY, Colm Joseph resigneddirector
- 2025-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-05-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-05-05📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-02-01📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2021-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2010-03-08➖DIMOLA, Gino Dominico Mario Ashley resigneddirector
- 2005-10-31➕JOHNSTON, Terence Paul appointedsecretary
- 2005-10-31➖BRADLEY, Colm Joseph resignedsecretary
- 2003-05-06➕JOHNSTON, Terence Paul appointeddirector
- 2002-12-17➕LOVE, Victor Roland appointeddirector
- 2002-12-17➕BRADLEY, Colm Joseph appointedsecretary
- 2002-12-17➖GREENMAN, Christopher William Edwin resignedsecretary
- 2002-12-17➕BRADLEY, Colm Joseph appointeddirector
- 2002-12-17➖BRIDLE, Nicholas James resigneddirector
- 2002-12-17➕DIMOLA, Gino Dominico Mario Ashley appointeddirector
- 2002-11-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED BOLTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2002-11-11➕GREENMAN, Christopher William Edwin appointedsecretary
- 2002-11-11➕BRIDLE, Nicholas James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 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 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Victor Roland Love Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Terence Paul Johnston Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Colm Joseph Bradleyceased 19/12/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| A I GENERAL TRADING LTD→ 16173878 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADB FASHION UK LTD→ 15998797 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADEPT BESPOKE PROJECT SOLUTIONS LTD→ 16319996 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25940 — SIC 25940
Registered office
8 Frog Island
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 5AG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
JOHNSTON, Terence Paul→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-10-31
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JOHNSTON, Terence Paul→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2003-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOVE, Victor Roland→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2002-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRADLEY, Colm Joseph→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2005-10-31
GREENMAN, Christopher William Edwin→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-11-11 · resigned 2002-12-17
BRADLEY, Colm Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2025-12-19
BRIDLE, Nicholas James→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2002-11-11 · resigned 2002-12-17
DIMOLA, Gino Dominico Mario Ashley→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2010-03-08
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Recent filings (75 total)
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-01-22
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-01-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-05-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-05-09
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-05-05