A-CHEM PLANT & EQUIPMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06567552 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-16

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 7.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 7.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-07
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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accounts · AA
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officers · CH01
2022-08-23
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accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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accounts · AA
2020-12-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-13
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2019-05-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2012-09-20
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DAVIS, James appointed
director
2012-09-20
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NOON, Ashleigh Victoria appointed
director
2008-04-16
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Company incorporated
As A-CHEM PLANT & EQUIPMENT LIMITED
2008-04-16
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DAVIS, Sharon appointed
secretary
2008-04-16
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DAVIS, Andrew Charles appointed
director
2008-04-16
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DAVIS, Sharon appointed
director
2008-04-16
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-04-16
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

A-Chem Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A-Chem Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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A-CHEM PLANT & EQUIPMENT LIMITED

This company · 06567552

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
A-Chem Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	25/03/2026

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Sharon Davisceased 25/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Andrew Charles Davisceased 25/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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

Incorporated2008-04-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Meadow Lane Industrial Estate

Dunsford Road

Alfreton

Derbyshire

DE55 7RH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09