AB WIRE LTD
🌳Matureactive
06653755 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-23
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 5.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
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
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3 | 300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-03-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-02-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Secured Funding Limited
- 2020-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-07-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-07-23🏢Company incorporatedAs AB WIRE LTD
- 2008-07-23➕BROWN, Alan Hodsel appointeddirector
- 2008-07-23➕BROWN, Christine Margaret appointeddirector
- 2008-07-23➕CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-07-23➖CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-07-23➕CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2008-07-23➖CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Christine Margaret Brown Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 23/07/2016 |
Mr Alan Hodsel Brown Individual · British · DOB 02/1947 · age 79 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 23/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Prydis Accounts Limited
The Parade
Liskeard
Cornwall
PL14 6AF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
BROWN, Alan Hodsel→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2008-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, Christine Margaret→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2008-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-07-23 · resigned 2008-07-23
CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2008-07-23 · resigned 2008-07-23
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Secured Funding Secured Funding Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/02/2021 | 05/03/2026 |
Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-04