AMIAN J METAL POLISHERS LTD

🌳Matureactive

04744452 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-25

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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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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2024-12-17
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2023-12-20
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2022-12-21
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2021-12-21
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2020-12-16
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2019-12-17
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2018-12-22
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2017-12-22
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2016-12-23
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2003-04-25
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Company incorporated
As AMIAN J METAL POLISHERS LTD
2003-04-25
➕
BOOTE, Ian Michael appointed
secretary
2003-04-25
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BOOTE, Ian Michael appointed
director
2003-04-25
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BOOTE, Michael appointed
director
2003-04-25
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-25
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-25
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2003-04-25
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 82 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Boote Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/04/2017

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

Incorporated2003-04-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

Unit 6 Spedding Road

Fenton Industrial Estate, Fenton

Stoke On Trent

Staffordshire

ST4 2ST

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-09

Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOOTE, Ian Michael→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-25

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Active

BOOTE, Ian Michael→

director · ~58y · appointed 2003-04-25

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BOOTE, Michael→

director · ~82y · appointed 2003-04-25

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-25

Resigned

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