AB METALWORKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04930043 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-13
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
£454.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £454,655
Cash YoY
+62%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£405k
↑ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£455k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£621k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£124k£248k£372k£497k£621kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£467.8k£414.8k
Current assets£620.8k£490.2k
Cash£405.3k£249.5k
Debtors£201.8k£225.5k
Net assets£454.7k£399.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-02-23
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-02-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-09-07
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    SALENG, Tono appointed
    director
  16. 2016-09-07
    ➖
    BARDWELL, Jean resigned
    secretary
  17. 2005-09-08
    ➕
    BARDWELL, Jean appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-09-08
    ➖
    HOLLINGSWORTH, Paul resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-11-19
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    HOLLINGSWORTH, Daniel resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-11-19
    ➕
    HOLLINGSWORTH, Paul appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AB METALWORKS LIMITED
  22. 2003-10-13
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Paul Raymond appointed
    director
  23. 2003-10-13
    ➕
    HOLLINGSWORTH, Daniel appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 64. 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.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tono Saleng
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest07/09/2016
Mr Paul Raymond Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Tono Salengceased 10/09/2016· 25-50% shares · firm interest

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
Incorporated2003-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 6, Cherrytree Farm Blackmore End Road
Sible Hedingham
Halstead
Essex
CO9 3LZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MITCHELL, Paul Raymond→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SALENG, Tono→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARDWELL, Jean→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-08 · resigned 2016-09-07
Resigned
HOLLINGSWORTH, Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-13 · resigned 2003-11-19
Resigned
HOLLINGSWORTH, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-19 · resigned 2005-09-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-07-04