ALUMINIUM BOATBUILDING COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05843565 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-12
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-380.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £379,987
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£380k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-366.6k | £-312.1k |
| Current assets | £34.0k | £38.2k |
| Net assets | £-380.0k | £-335.3k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-27📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-23📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-05-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-05-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-03➖BANTING, Trevor Paul resigneddirector
- 2006-06-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ALUMINIUM BOATBUILDING COMPANY LIMITED
- 2006-06-12➕JOHNSON, Paul Colin appointedsecretary
- 2006-06-12➕JOHNSON, Colin Edward appointeddirector
- 2006-06-12➕JOHNSON, Paul Colin appointeddirector
- 2006-06-12➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-06-12➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-06-12➕BANTING, Trevor Paul appointeddirector
- 2006-06-12➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-06-12➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Harbour Creek Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.
🏛️majority
Harbour Creek Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
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ALUMINIUM BOATBUILDING COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 05843565
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Harbour Creek Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 22/05/2023 |
Mr Colin Edward Johnson Individual · British · DOB 10/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 22/05/2023 |
Mr Paul Colin Johnson Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/06/2017 |
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
Incorporated2006-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30110 — SIC 30110
Registered office
10 Victoria Road South
Southsea
Hampshire
PO5 2DA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-26
Last: 2026-06-12
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
JOHNSON, Paul Colin→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOHNSON, Colin Edward→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2006-06-12
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JOHNSON, Paul Colin→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2006-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-12 · resigned 2006-06-12
BANTING, Trevor Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2006-06-12 · resigned 2017-05-03
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-12 · resigned 2006-06-12
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Recent filings (66 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-05-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-05-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-22