ACCURATE LASER CUTTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05451217 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-12

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25500

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71129Other engineering activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 20.9y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	42	4600

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-12-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-28
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capital · SH02
2025-10-09
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officers · AP01
2025-10-09
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officers · AP01
2025-10-09
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officers · AP03
2025-10-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-01
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OAKLEY, Dawn Margaret appointed
secretary
2025-10-01
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BRADLEY, Mitchell appointed
director
2025-10-01
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MORGAN, William Stephen appointed
director
2025-10-01
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TOMKINS, Neil James appointed
director
2025-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-15
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-21
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capital · SH06
2023-11-30
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capital · SH03
2023-11-08
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-08
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-10-03
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TILL, Jonathan resigned
director
2014-09-24
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-09-24
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2013-11-25
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MORGAN, Stephen John resigned
secretary
2006-07-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2005-06-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2005-05-16
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HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-05-16
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HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2005-05-12
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Company incorporated
As ACCURATE LASER CUTTING LIMITED
2005-05-12
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MORGAN, Stephen John appointed
director
2005-05-12
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MORGAN, Stephen John appointed
secretary
2005-05-12
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TILL, Jonathan appointed
secretary
2005-05-12
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TILL, Jonathan resigned
secretary
2005-05-12
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HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-05-12
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TILL, Jonathan appointed
director
2005-05-12
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HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MORGAN, William Stephen (same surname) appointed 2025-10-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Accurate Laser Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Accurate Laser Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ACCURATE LASER CUTTING LIMITED

This company · 05451217

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
Accurate Laser Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	25/11/2025

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

S T Johnmore Investments Limitedceased 25/11/2025· 50-75% shares
Cj Till Limitedceased 27/10/2023· 25-50% shares
Mr Jonathan Frazer Tillceased 27/10/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Stephen John Morganceased 25/11/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2005-05-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25500 — SIC 25500

Registered office

Unit 29

Hainge Road

Tividale

West Midlands

B69 2NY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-30

Last: 2026-01-16