ALUMINIUM MANUFACTURING LTD
🌳Matureactive
07229969 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-21
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 1 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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.
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-10-13➕JACKSON, Maxwell Jordan appointeddirector
- 2016-10-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2016-10-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2011-04-01➖WEEKS, Darren Wayne Packer resigneddirector
- 2011-02-16➖POULTON, Louise Emma resigneddirector
- 2010-04-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ALUMINIUM MANUFACTURING LTD
- 2010-04-21➕JACKSON, Robert appointeddirector
- 2010-04-21➕POULTON, Louise Emma appointeddirector
- 2010-04-21➕WEEKS, Darren Wayne Packer appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 |
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Mr Maxwell Jordan Jackson Individual · British · DOB 04/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 17/05/2018 |
Mr Robert Jackson Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Darren Wayne Weeksceased 01/09/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 14c White Horse Business Park
Ware Road
Faringdon
Oxfordshire
SN7 8NY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-05
Last: 2026-04-21
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
JACKSON, Maxwell Jordan→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2016-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JACKSON, Robert→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POULTON, Louise Emma→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2010-04-21 · resigned 2011-02-16
WEEKS, Darren Wayne Packer→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-04-21 · resigned 2011-04-01
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Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-30