CONTROLINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04843566 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-24

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 20.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£1.06M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26512

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

81 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,059,026

Cash YoY

+60%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£306k

↑ 60% YoY

Net Worth

£1.1m

↑ 7.1% YoY

Current Assets

£1.3m

↑ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£1.07M	£1.01M
Current assets	£1.29M	£978.1k
Cash	£306.0k	£191.7k
Debtors	£875.2k	£684.8k
Net assets	£1.06M	£988.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-07
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-16
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-02-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-12
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2024-02-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-01
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DYSON, Joe Andrew appointed
director
2023-09-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-01
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STEELE, Jane Louise appointed
secretary
2023-09-01
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EDWARDS, Craig Simon appointed
director
2023-09-01
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JAZWINSKI, Daniel Paul appointed
director
2023-09-01
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WALSH, Rachel resigned
secretary
2023-09-01
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SAMPLES, Carol Ann resigned
director
2023-09-01
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SAMPLES, Paul Henry resigned
director
2023-09-01
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WALSH, Rachel resigned
director
2023-09-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-01
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-09-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-04-04
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LETZA, Stephen Richard, Professor resigned
director
2005-09-20
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LETZA, Stephen Richard, Professor appointed
director
2005-08-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2003-07-24
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Company incorporated
As CONTROLINE LIMITED
2003-07-24
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WALSH, Anthony appointed
director
2003-07-24
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WALSH, Rachel appointed
secretary
2003-07-24
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-07-24
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-07-24
➕
SAMPLES, Carol Ann appointed
director
2003-07-24
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SAMPLES, Paul Henry appointed
director
2003-07-24
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WALSH, Rachel appointed
director
2003-07-24
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-07-24
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 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 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Carol Ann Samples Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	24/07/2025

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

Incorporated2003-07-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC26512 — SIC 26512

Registered office

Crown Works, Dewsbury Road

Elland

West Yorkshire

HX5 9BG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-07

Last: 2025-07-24