ANSALDO NUCLEAR LIMITED

📈Growthactive

04959394 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-11

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 20.7y

45/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

29 officers (6 active, 29 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

143 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £3,889,513

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£3.89M	£824.9k
Average employees	268	24600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (81 events)Click to expand

2026-06-10
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
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ORMEROD, Nigel Paul appointed
director
2025-11-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-04
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HAWE, Michael resigned
director
2025-03-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-21
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GENTILE, Daniela appointed
director
2025-03-21
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ADINOLFI, Roberto, Dr resigned
director
2025-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-01-05
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-01-05
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capital-alter-shares-consolidation
capital · SH02
2023-09-18
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-18
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Charge satisfied #4
2023-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-09
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BALDWIN, Neil Dennis resigned
director
2022-12-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-22
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NUCCI, Claudio resigned
director
2022-07-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-01
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NUCCI, Claudio appointed
director
2022-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-18
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MANUELLI, Luca Luigi resigned
director
2022-01-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-07-01
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BASSO, Andrea appointed
director
2020-07-01
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BROCKMAN, Daniel John appointed
director
2020-07-01
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MAESTRI, Francesco resigned
director
2020-07-01
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MANUELLI, Luca Luigi appointed
director
2020-06-30
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TITLEY, Andrew resigned
director
2020-05-07
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ECKFORD, Alan Tony resigned
director
2020-03-12
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REILLY, Fiona Jane appointed
director
2020-03-12
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BALDWIN, Neil Dennis appointed
director
2019-07-02
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TITLEY, Andrew appointed
director
2018-11-08
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MAESTRI, Francesco appointed
director
2018-10-22
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PERASSO, Lorenzo Antonio, Dr resigned
director
2018-09-28
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BROWN, Paul Anthony resigned
director
2017-12-29
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BILL, Christopher Ian resigned
director
2017-03-31
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ANDREWS, George resigned
director
2015-12-31
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BARLOW, Steven Richard resigned
director
2015-07-21
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BROWN, Paul Anthony appointed
director
2014-12-19
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BROCKMAN, Daniel appointed
secretary
2014-12-19
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POWELL, Andrew John resigned
secretary
2014-07-08
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ADINOLFI, Roberto, Dr appointed
director
2014-07-08
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PERASSO, Lorenzo Antonio, Dr appointed
director
2014-05-30
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Charge satisfied #3

Showing most recent 50 of 81 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Nuclear Engineering (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Nuclear Engineering (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ANSALDO NUCLEAR LIMITED

This company · 04959394

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Nuclear Engineering (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-11-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

Spring Road Industrial Estate Spring Road

Ettingshall

Wolverhampton

WV4 6JX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-14

Last: 2026-04-30