ALSAGER PRECISION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04871066 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-19
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£320.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -95% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £319,997
Very low cash
Cash position: £38
Cash draining
Cash down 95% YoY
Cash YoY
-95%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£38
↓ 95% YoY
Net Worth
£320k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Assets
£355k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £396.6k | £331.0k |
| Current assets | £355.3k | £279.5k |
| Cash | £38 | £811 |
| Debtors | £275.6k | £206.8k |
| Net assets | £320.0k | £292.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2004-01-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2003-08-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ALSAGER PRECISION LIMITED
- 2003-08-19➕HENSHALL, Julie appointedsecretary
- 2003-08-19➕HENSHALL, Julie appointeddirector
- 2003-08-19➕HENSHALL, Peter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 candidateStrong 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.
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter Henshall Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Julie Henshall Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining
Registered office
Unit 1b
Wistaston Road Business Centre
Wistaston Road Crewe
CW2 7RP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
HENSHALL, Julie→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2003-08-19
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HENSHALL, Peter→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2003-08-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 12/01/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (52 total)
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2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2025-08-19
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2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-09
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2020-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-27