AZ INTEC LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05323768 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-04
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 6.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-02✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-01-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-14📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-07-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-07-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-14📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-07-13➕SCHIFFMANN, Golo appointedsecretary
- 2021-07-13➖JARMAN, Diane Marie resignedsecretary
- 2021-07-13➖JARMAN, Andrew Timothy resigneddirector
- 2021-07-07📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-07-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-03-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-11-11➕SCHIFFMANN, Golo appointeddirector
- 2020-02-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Peak Cashflow Limited
- 2005-01-04🏢Company incorporatedAs AZ INTEC LIMITED
- 2005-01-04➕ZIMMERMANN, Dirk appointeddirector
- 2005-01-04➕JARMAN, Diane Marie appointedsecretary
- 2005-01-04➕RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-01-04➖RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-01-04➕JARMAN, Andrew Timothy appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. 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
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 Dirk Zimmermann Individual · German · DOB 07/1967 · age 59 | — | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 04/01/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew Timothy Jarmanceased 13/07/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
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
Incorporated2005-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Office 16-17 Crows Nest Business Park
Ashton Road
Billinge
Wigan
WN5 7XX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
SCHIFFMANN, Golo→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2020-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ZIMMERMANN, Dirk→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2005-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JARMAN, Diane Marie→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-01-04 · resigned 2021-07-13
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-04 · resigned 2005-01-04
JARMAN, Andrew Timothy→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2005-01-04 · resigned 2021-07-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Peak Cashflow Peak Cashflow Limited | A registered charge | — | 21/02/2020 | 07/07/2021 |
Recent filings (68 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-14