ATOM FABS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07935276 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-03
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
45 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees252700

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-08-08
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  3. 2023-12-18
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  4. 2022-09-05
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  5. 2021-10-14
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  6. 2020-09-17
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  7. 2019-12-02
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  8. 2018-08-30
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  9. 2017-09-15
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  10. 2016-11-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-14
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  12. 2016-09-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Factor 21 PLC
  13. 2016-09-07
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  14. 2016-09-07
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  15. 2016-09-07
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  16. 2016-04-21
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  17. 2015-04-13
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    OSBORNE, Richard John resigned
    director
  18. 2012-05-01
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    CHANT, Lee Walter appointed
    director
  19. 2012-05-01
    ➕
    HOPKINS, Thomas George appointed
    director
  20. 2012-05-01
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    SMILLIE, Gavin Rees appointed
    director
  21. 2012-05-01
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    OSBORNE, Richard John appointed
    director
  22. 2012-04-03
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    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  23. 2012-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ATOM FABS LTD
  24. 2012-02-03
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    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gavin Rees Smillie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/09/2016
Mr Thomas George Hopkins
Individual · English · DOB 01/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/09/2016
Mr Lee Walter Chant
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Atom House Plot 5
Millfield Industrial Estate
Chard
Somerset
TA20 2BB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CHANT, Lee Walter→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOPKINS, Thomas George→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMILLIE, Gavin Rees→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSBORNE, Richard John→
director · ~46y · appointed 2012-05-01 · resigned 2015-04-13
Resigned
VALAITIS, Peter Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2012-02-03 · resigned 2012-04-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Factor 21
Factor 21 PLC
A registered charge—14/09/2016—
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Recent filings (45 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
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accounts · AA
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-24
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accounts · AA
2020-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-11