ARCHITECTURAL STEEL-LINKS LTD

🌳Matureactive
08100488 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-11
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-06-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-13
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2019-09-12
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  13. 2019-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2019-08-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-06-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2013-01-31
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    JOHNSON, Glyn Joseph resigned
    director
  18. 2012-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCHITECTURAL STEEL-LINKS LTD
  19. 2012-06-11
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 2012-06-11
    ➕
    JOHNSON, George Samuel appointed
    director
  21. 2012-06-11
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-11
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Glyn Joseph appointed
    director
  23. 2012-06-11
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  24. 2012-06-11
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Samuel Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1990 · age 36
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Paul Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Paul Johnsonceased 06/04/2016· 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
Incorporated2012-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

78 Loughborough Road
Quorn
Leicestershire
LE12 8DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-25
Last: 2026-06-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSON, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2012-06-11
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Active
JOHNSON, George Samuel→
director · ~36y · appointed 2012-06-11
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Active
JOHNSON, Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Glyn Joseph→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-06-11 · resigned 2013-01-31
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2012-06-11 · resigned 2012-06-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-11