BAMBERS AUTO MACHINING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05186964 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-22
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-07-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-13➕ALI, Matloob appointeddirector
- 2020-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-22📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-01-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-12-20➖RAFFERTY, Brendan resignedsecretary
- 2019-12-20➖RAFFERTY, Brendan resigneddirector
- 2019-10-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2004-07-22🏢Company incorporatedAs BAMBERS AUTO MACHINING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
- 2004-07-22➕MAYOR, William Frederick appointeddirector
- 2004-07-22➕RAFFERTY, Brendan appointedsecretary
- 2004-07-22➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-07-22➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-07-22➕RAFFERTY, Brendan appointeddirector
- 2004-07-22➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-07-22➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matloob Ali Individual · British · DOB 07/1996 · age 30 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 13/07/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr William Frederick Mayorceased 30/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Brendan Raffertyceased 13/07/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-07-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
84 Bold Street
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 7JT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
ALI, Matloob→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2021-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MAYOR, William Frederick→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2004-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RAFFERTY, Brendan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-07-22 · resigned 2019-12-20
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-22 · resigned 2004-07-22
RAFFERTY, Brendan→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2004-07-22 · resigned 2019-12-20
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-22 · resigned 2004-07-22
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Recent filings (64 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-15