AAM PIPE&FAB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05695240 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-02

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	—	£46.8k
Current assets	—	£113.5k
Cash	—	£75.1k
Debtors	—	£37.3k
Net assets	—	£45.1k
Average employees	2	—

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-07-22
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2024-06-20
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accounts · AA
2023-07-17
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accounts · AA
2022-08-11
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accounts · AA
2021-06-21
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accounts · AA
2020-08-07
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accounts · AA
2020-02-13
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accounts · AA
2018-12-06
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accounts · AA
2017-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-17
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-10
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capital · SH01
2016-03-10
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capital · SH01
2015-05-18
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accounts · AA
2015-03-13
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annual-return · AR01
2006-02-02
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Company incorporated
As AAM PIPE&FAB LIMITED
2006-02-02
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DARGAN, Andrew appointed
secretary
2006-02-02
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DARGAN, Andrew appointed
director
2006-02-02
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HOWARTH, Michael appointed
director
2006-02-02
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-02-02
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-02-02
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-02-02
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Michael Howarth Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Dargan Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	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

Incorporated2006-02-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

37 Danesbury Road

Bradshaw

Bolton

BL2 3AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-16

Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DARGAN, Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2006-02-02

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Active

DARGAN, Andrew→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-02-02

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Active

HOWARTH, Michael→

director · ~61y · appointed 2006-02-02

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Active

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-02 · resigned 2006-02-02

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-02-02 · resigned 2006-02-02

Resigned

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