B AND A PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05970543 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-18
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 17.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.1y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
65 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 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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees212100

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.

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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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2019-12-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2018-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-08-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2012-07-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2009-06-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2007-10-31
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2007-10-31
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Thomas Mark resigned
    director
  21. 2006-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As B AND A PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
  22. 2006-10-18
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Amanda appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-10-18
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Amanda appointed
    director
  24. 2006-10-18
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-10-18
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-10-18
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Thomas Mark appointed
    director
  27. 2006-10-18
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2006-10-18
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Almar Rentals Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Almar Rentals Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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B AND A PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 05970543

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Almar Rentals Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/10/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark Robinsonceased 10/10/2018· 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
Incorporated2006-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

Richard House, Winckley Square
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 3HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CHAPMAN, Amanda→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-18
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Active
CHAPMAN, Amanda→
director · ~40y · appointed 2006-10-18
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Active
ROBINSON, Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-18 · resigned 2006-10-18
Resigned
ROBINSON, Thomas Mark→
director · ~38y · appointed 2006-10-18 · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-18 · resigned 2006-10-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property23/07/2012—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/06/200925/08/2012
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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-12-05