ACTION GLASS & GLAZING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04776948 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-27
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£87.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Glazing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £87,716
Cash YoY
+72%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£86k
↑ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£88k
↑ 117% YoY
Current Assets
£108k
↑ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£22k£43k£65k£87k£108kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£87.8k£50.5k
Current assets£108.5k£100.1k
Cash£85.8k£50.0k
Debtors£22.2k£49.7k
Net assets£87.7k£40.4k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
    ➕
    CONNOR, Paul appointed
    director
  3. 2025-04-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-02-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-04-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2008-06-11
    ➖
    FOLEY, Sharon Louisa resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-06-11
    ➖
    FOLEY, Sharon Louisa resigned
    director
  20. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    FOLEY, Edward appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    FOLEY, Sharon Louisa appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    FOLEY, Sharon Louisa appointed
    director
  23. 2003-05-28
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-05-28
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-05-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACTION GLASS & GLAZING LIMITED
  26. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.
  • 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 Edward Foley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

C/O Apc Accountancy
73 Gilkes Street
Middlesbrough
TS1 5EH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CONNOR, Paul→
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOLEY, Edward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOLEY, Sharon Louisa→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2008-06-11
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2003-05-28
Resigned
FOLEY, Sharon Louisa→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2008-06-11
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2003-05-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-04-28