AFFORDABLE ALUMINIUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08204406 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-06

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

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25120

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 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

7 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 11.5y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (12 active, 15 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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	313	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2025-12-12
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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mortgage · MR01
2024-03-28
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mortgage · MR01
2024-03-21
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC (Company Number 2065)
2024-03-21
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC (Company Number 2065)
2024-02-23
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officers · CH01
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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officers · CH01
2023-09-19
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officers · CH01
2023-09-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-05
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accounts · AA
2022-05-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-12
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accounts · AA
2021-05-10
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accounts · AA
2021-03-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC06
2021-03-03
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address · AD01
2020-12-23
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accounts · AA01
2020-09-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-06-29
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mortgage · MR01
2020-06-28
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mortgage · MR04
2020-06-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-06-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-06-25
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-09-21
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ADSHEAD, Gary appointed
director
2018-09-21
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COCKER, Paula appointed
director
2018-09-21
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FITZMAURICE, Steven appointed
director
2018-09-21
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MCVEY, David appointed
director
2018-09-21
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STANTON, Nigel appointed
director
2018-09-21
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YOULES, Simon appointed
director
2018-09-21
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GAUGHAN, Lucy Theresa resigned
director
2018-09-21
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GAUGHAN, Matthew Stephen resigned
director
2018-09-21
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RIDGEWAY, Karen resigned
director
2017-12-04
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Edward Gaughan
2015-09-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-12-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-12-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2013-05-24
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HOOP, Andrew appointed
director
2013-05-24
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MAGEEAN, Karen appointed
director
2013-05-24
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MYERS, Lawrence Sidney George appointed
director
2013-05-24
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GAUGHAN, Lucy Theresa appointed
director
2013-05-24
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GAUGHAN, Matthew Stephen appointed
director
2013-05-24
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RIDGEWAY, Karen appointed
director
2012-09-06
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Company incorporated
As AFFORDABLE ALUMINIUM LIMITED
2012-09-06
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GAUGHAN, Edward appointed
secretary
2012-09-06
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GAUGHAN, Edward appointed
director
2012-09-06
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GAUGHAN, Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 77 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

1 med · 1 low

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.

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Affordable 21st Century Eot Individual	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	04/12/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Michael Gaughanceased 04/12/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Edward Gaughanceased 04/12/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 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

Incorporated2012-09-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25120 — SIC 25120

Registered office

Affordable Business Centre Beacon Road

Poulton Business Park

Poulton-Le-Fylde

FY6 8JE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-20

Last: 2025-09-06