APPLIED SURFACE TREATMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05933003 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-12
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 19.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.2y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees2200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-02-14
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-02-15
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-11
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2016-04-11
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2016-04-11
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2016-04-11
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-04-11
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-03-11
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    HOPKINS, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  17. 2016-03-11
    ➕
    RIVERS, Gemma Louise appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-11
    ➖
    HOPKINS, Philip Oliver resigned
    secretary
  19. 2016-03-11
    ➖
    FELTHAM, Richard Guy resigned
    director
  20. 2016-03-11
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    HOPKINS, Philip Oliver resigned
    director
  21. 2016-03-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Philip Hopkins
  22. 2016-01-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2009-03-05
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    DOXEY, Martin Alan resigned
    director
  24. 2007-04-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank PLC
  25. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    FELTHAM, Richard Guy appointed
    director
  26. 2006-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As APPLIED SURFACE TREATMENTS LIMITED
  27. 2006-09-12
    ➕
    HOPKINS, Philip Oliver appointed
    secretary
  28. 2006-09-12
    ➕
    DOXEY, Martin Alan appointed
    director
  29. 2006-09-12
    ➕
    HOPKINS, Philip Oliver appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Mark Hopkins
Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42
75–100%
75–100%sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-09-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Units 9 & 14
Brow Mills Industrial Est
Brighouse Road Hipperholme
Halifax
HX3 8EF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HOPKINS, Andrew Mark→
director · ~42y · appointed 2016-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIVERS, Gemma Louise→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOPKINS, Philip Oliver→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-12 · resigned 2016-03-11
Resigned
DOXEY, Martin Alan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-09-12 · resigned 2009-03-05
Resigned
FELTHAM, Richard Guy→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-02-13 · resigned 2016-03-11
Resigned
HOPKINS, Philip Oliver→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-09-12 · resigned 2016-03-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Philip Hopkins
A registered charge—11/03/2016—
satisfied
Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank
Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank PLC
Debenture3 properties17/04/200714/01/2016
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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-14