AK METALS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09703952 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-27
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46770
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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 0.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-05-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2026-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-07-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-05-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-28📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-10-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-01➖JAISWAL, Gabriella Jane resigneddirector
- 2020-12-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-27🏢Company incorporatedAs AK METALS LIMITED
- 2015-07-27➕JAISWAL, Ashis appointedsecretary
- 2015-07-27➕JAISWAL, Ashis appointeddirector
- 2015-07-27➕SACH, Kevin appointeddirector
- 2015-07-27➕JAISWAL, Gabriella Jane appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ashis Jaiswal Individual · Indian · DOB 05/1981 · age 45 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 12/05/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Kevin Sachceased 12/05/2022· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46770 — SIC 46770
Registered office
211 Shrub End Road
Colchester
CO3 4RN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
JAISWAL, Ashis→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2015-07-27
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Active
JAISWAL, Gabriella Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2015-07-27 · resigned 2020-12-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 06/05/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (42 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21