AATI RAIL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08183811 · ltd · incorporated 2012-08-17
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 24510
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 24540SIC 24540
  • 25110Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
  • 25990SIC 25990
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 13.4y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
77
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees3000

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-09-03
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  4. 2025-08-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2025-08-20
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    Charge satisfied #4
  6. 2024-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-12-19
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    MARTIN, Terence Michael resigned
    director
  9. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-07-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-06-30
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    MONK, Charles Peter resigned
    director
  13. 2021-10-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-06-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2020-06-12
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  19. 2019-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-05-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2019-05-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2019-04-05
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    BISSET, Hugh James appointed
    director
  23. 2019-04-05
    ➕
    MONK, Charles Peter appointed
    director
  24. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2018-11-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  26. 2016-10-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  27. 2016-10-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2016-10-14
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  29. 2016-08-30
    ➖
    ELSHAW, Glyn resigned
    director
  30. 2015-03-04
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    OXBOROUGH, Robin appointed
    director
  31. 2015-03-04
    ➕
    MARTIN, Terence Michael appointed
    director
  32. 2012-12-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Ge Capital Bank Limited
  33. 2012-12-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ge Commercial Finance Limited
  34. 2012-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AATI RAIL LIMITED
  35. 2012-08-17
    ➕
    BISSET, David Graham appointed
    director
  36. 2012-08-17
    ➕
    ELSHAW, Glyn appointed
    director
  37. 2012-08-17
    ➕
    ELSHAW appointed
    corporate-director
  38. 2012-08-17
    ➖
    ELSHAW resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Finch Seaman Enfield Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Finch Seaman Enfield Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AATI RAIL LIMITED
This company · 08183811

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Finch Seaman Enfield Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-08-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC24510 — SIC 24510

Registered office

11 Swinbourne Drive Springwood Industrial Estate
Braintree
Essex
CM7 2YP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BISSET, David Graham→
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BISSET, Hugh James→
director · ~37y · appointed 2019-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OXBOROUGH, Robin→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELSHAW, Glyn→
director · ~73y · appointed 2012-08-17 · resigned 2016-08-30
Resigned
MARTIN, Terence Michael→
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-03-04 · resigned 2023-12-19
Resigned
MONK, Charles Peter→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-04-05 · resigned 2022-06-30
Resigned
ELSHAW→
corporate-director · appointed 2012-08-17 · resigned 2012-08-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—03/09/2025—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—12/06/202020/08/2025
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge—14/10/2016—
satisfied
Ge Capital Bank
Ge Capital Bank Limited
Composite all assets guarantee and indemnity and debenture1 property20/12/201217/10/2016
satisfied
Ge Commercial Finance
Ge Commercial Finance Limited
Composite all assets guarantee and indemnity and debenture1 property20/12/201217/10/2016
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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06