ANDY SKILTON ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06472263 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-14
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.23M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
  • 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,232,132
Cash YoY
+35%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.4m
↑ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£4.2m
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£3.2m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£846k£1.7m£2.5m£3.4m£4.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.69M£4.72M
Current assets£3.16M£2.71M
Cash£2.40M£1.78M
Debtors£744.7k£926.5k
Net assets£4.23M£4.15M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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  2. 2024-12-13
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  3. 2023-12-16
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  4. 2022-12-12
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  5. 2021-12-07
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  6. 2020-12-16
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  7. 2019-12-18
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  8. 2019-12-11
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  9. 2018-12-19
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  10. 2017-11-21
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  11. 2016-12-13
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  12. 2016-01-14
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  13. 2015-11-23
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  14. 2015-01-14
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  15. 2014-12-08
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  16. 2008-01-15
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    SKILTON, Sandra Joy appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-01-15
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    SKILTON, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  18. 2008-01-15
    ➕
    SKILTON, Sandra Joy appointed
    director
  19. 2008-01-15
    ➖
    UK SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-01-15
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    UK DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2008-01-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDY SKILTON ENGINEERS LIMITED
  22. 2008-01-14
    ➕
    UK SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-01-14
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    UK DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SKILTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Mark Skilton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting30/06/2016
Mrs Sandra Joy Skilton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2008-01-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Unit B1f Fairoaks Airport
Chobham
Woking
GU24 8HU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SKILTON, Sandra Joy→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-15
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Active
SKILTON, Andrew Mark→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-01-15
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Active
SKILTON, Sandra Joy→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-01-15
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Active
UK SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-14 · resigned 2008-01-15
Resigned
UK DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-14 · resigned 2008-01-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
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accounts · AA
2025-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-11