304 STAINLESS EXHAUST PARTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

07858908 · ltd · incorporated 2011-11-24

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 24200

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	6	600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-11-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2019-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-15
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officers · TM01
2018-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-11
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capital · SH08
2018-04-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-04-09
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capital · SH01
2018-01-24
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TAYLOR, Sonia Marie resigned
director
2017-12-19
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officers · CH01
2017-11-30
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address · AD01
2011-11-24
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Company incorporated
As 304 STAINLESS EXHAUST PARTS LTD
2011-11-24
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TAYLOR, Jonathan Patrick appointed
director
2011-11-24
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TAYLOR JR, David Andrew appointed
director
2011-11-24
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TAYLOR SNR, David Andrew appointed
director
2011-11-24
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OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-11-24
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OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-11-24
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TAYLOR, Sonia Marie appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Andrew Taylor Snr Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/11/2018

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

Incorporated2011-11-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC24200 — SIC 24200

Registered office

A44 Service Station

Bromyard Road

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR2 5ER

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-02

Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, Jonathan Patrick→

director · ~59y · appointed 2011-11-24

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Active

TAYLOR JR, David Andrew→

director · ~48y · appointed 2011-11-24

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Active

TAYLOR SNR, David Andrew→

director · ~80y · appointed 2011-11-24

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Active

OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-11-24 · resigned 2011-11-24

Resigned

TAYLOR, Sonia Marie→

director · ~79y · appointed 2011-11-24 · resigned 2018-01-24

Resigned

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