ADVANCED METAL FINISHERS LIMITED

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07822094 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-25
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
£3.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
38 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,281
Cash draining
Cash down 65% YoY
Cash YoY
-65%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 188% YoY
Current Assets
£152k
↑ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£4k£27k£58k£89k£121k£152kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£30.5k£23.4k
Current assets£151.6k£138.0k
Cash£3.6k£10.5k
Debtors£138.4k£120.2k
Net assets£3.3k£-3.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2025-07-31
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  3. 2025-07-31
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  4. 2024-07-30
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  5. 2024-04-02
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  6. 2023-07-31
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  7. 2022-10-19
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  8. 2021-10-29
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  9. 2020-07-30
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  10. 2019-08-27
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  11. 2018-07-31
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  12. 2017-05-19
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  13. 2016-04-12
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  14. 2015-11-02
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  15. 2015-11-02
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  16. 2013-09-30
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    LOVELAND, Donna appointed
    director
  17. 2012-01-17
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    BURTON, Patricia Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2012-01-17
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    SEGUI, Clarissa Toni resigned
    director
  19. 2011-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED METAL FINISHERS LIMITED
  20. 2011-10-25
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    SEGUI, Clarissa Toni appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 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 14 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Donna Loveland
Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Patricia Ann Burtonceased 28/10/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

1210 London Road
Leigh On Sea
Essex
SS9 2UA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BURTON, Patricia Ann→
director · ~78y · appointed 2012-01-17
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Active
LOVELAND, Donna→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-09-30
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Active
SEGUI, Clarissa Toni→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-10-25 · resigned 2012-01-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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officers · CH01
2024-04-02
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2023-10-26
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accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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2022-11-10
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accounts · AA
2022-10-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
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2021-10-29
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2020-11-23
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accounts · AA
2020-07-30