A&I TRAILERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07798196 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-05
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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, 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-21📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2019-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-10-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-10-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-10-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-11-01➕BARNES, George Ian appointeddirector
- 2011-10-05🏢Company incorporatedAs A&I TRAILERS LIMITED
- 2011-10-05➕BARNES, George Ian appointedsecretary
- 2011-10-05➕ELLISON, Harry Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
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 70 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 15 years.
- 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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Harry Andrew Ellison Individual · English · DOB 01/1940 · age 86 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/10/2016 |
Mr George Ian Barnes Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/10/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170
Registered office
R02 Pikelaw Place
Skelmersdale
Lancashire
WN8 9PP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BARNES, George Ian→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-10-05
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BARNES, George Ian→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2012-11-01
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ELLISON, Harry Andrew→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2011-10-05
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Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-18