A.B.C. STAINLESS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06523133 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-04
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 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of production holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 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£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

2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-15
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2024-03-15
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-08-19
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    BOSTOCK, Jennifer Lesley resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-08-19
    ➖
    BOSTOCK, Alan George William resigned
    director
  19. 2008-04-21
    ➖
    GROVES, Graham Campbell resigned
    director
  20. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    GROVES, Graham Campbell appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-16
    ➖
    MCAULIFFE, Mark Campbell resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-04-16
    ➕
    BOSTOCK, Alan George William appointed
    director
  23. 2008-04-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Alan George Wiiliam Bostock and Jennifer Lesley Bostock
  24. 2008-04-04
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    BOSTOCK, Jennifer Lesley appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As A.B.C. STAINLESS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  26. 2008-03-04
    ➕
    MCAULIFFE, Mark Campbell appointed
    director
  27. 2008-03-04
    ➕
    WOOLNER, Justin Paul appointed
    director
  28. 2008-03-04
    ➕
    MCAULIFFE, Mark Campbell appointed
    secretary

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. Early succession window.
  • 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 Justin Paul Woolner
Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Mark Campbell Mcauliffe
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64202 — Activities of production holding companies

Registered office

Empson Road
Eastern Industry
Peterborough
PE1 5UP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MCAULIFFE, Mark Campbell→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOLNER, Justin Paul→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOSTOCK, Jennifer Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-04 · resigned 2013-08-19
Resigned
MCAULIFFE, Mark Campbell→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-04 · resigned 2008-04-16
Resigned
BOSTOCK, Alan George William→
director · ~84y · appointed 2008-04-16 · resigned 2013-08-19
Resigned
GROVES, Graham Campbell→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-04-17 · resigned 2008-04-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Alan George Wiiliam Bostock and Jennifer Lesley Bostock
Mortgage debenture1 property16/04/2008—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04