AA FABRICATIONS & MACHINERY LTD

🌳Matureactive
07883417 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-15
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£100.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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 £100,546

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£101k
↑ 127% YoY
Current Assets
£52k
↓ 3.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£20k£40k£60k£80k£101kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£100.5k£44.3k
Current assets£52.1k£54.1k
Net assets£100.5k£44.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-25
    ➕
    WOOZLEY, David James Morgan appointed
    director
  6. 2022-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-29
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2019-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-01-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2019-01-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-01-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-01-22
    ➕
    DENNIS, Victor Henry appointed
    director
  17. 2019-01-22
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    TAYLOR, Stewart resigned
    director
  18. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2012-11-07
    ➖
    ALEXANDER, Joe resigned
    director
  20. 2012-11-07
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Stewart appointed
    director
  21. 2011-12-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA FABRICATIONS & MACHINERY LTD
  22. 2011-12-15
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Joe 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 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.

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
Mr Victor Dennis
Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79
75–100%
—75-100% shares22/01/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stwart Taylorceased 22/01/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2011-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Unit 3 47
Knightsdale Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 4JJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DENNIS, Victor Henry→
director · ~79y · appointed 2019-01-22
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Active
WOOZLEY, David James Morgan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2022-04-25
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Active
ALEXANDER, Joe→
director · ~51y · appointed 2011-12-15 · resigned 2012-11-07
Resigned
TAYLOR, Stewart→
director · ~79y · appointed 2012-11-07 · resigned 2019-01-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02