ADMIRAL WINDOWS & GLASS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05045514 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-16

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 21.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43320Joinery installation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 21.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	300	300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-06-20
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2023-01-24
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2022-01-18
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2021-03-19
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accounts · AA
2020-01-23
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accounts · AA
2019-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-27
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officers · CH01
2017-02-27
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officers · CH01
2017-02-27
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officers · CH03
2017-01-31
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accounts · AA
2016-03-14
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-31
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accounts · AA
2014-02-28
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WHITEHEAD, Kerry appointed
director
2012-01-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2005-02-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2004-02-16
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Company incorporated
As ADMIRAL WINDOWS & GLASS LIMITED
2004-02-16
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WHITEHEAD, Kerry Ann appointed
secretary
2004-02-16
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WHITEHEAD, Robin Alan appointed
director
2004-02-16
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COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-02-16
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COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-02-16
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COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-director
2004-02-16
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COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robin Alan Whitehead Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Kerry Ann Whitehead Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-02-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Sovereign House

Starkey Street Heywood

Rochdale

Lancashire

OL10 4JH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-02

Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WHITEHEAD, Kerry Ann→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-16

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Active

WHITEHEAD, Kerry→

director · ~58y · appointed 2014-02-28

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Active

WHITEHEAD, Robin Alan→

director · ~61y · appointed 2004-02-16

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Active

COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-02-16 · resigned 2004-02-16

Resigned

COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY DIRECTORS LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-02-16 · resigned 2004-02-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	12/01/2012	—
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	16/02/2005	—

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