A G WELDING LTD
🌳Matureactive
09917752 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-15
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£222.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
29 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £222,349
Cash YoY
-36%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£126k
↓ 36% YoY
Net Worth
£222k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£326k
↓ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £235.8k | £211.1k |
| Current assets | £326.2k | £345.2k |
| Cash | £126.2k | £197.4k |
| Debtors | £110.5k | £120.1k |
| Net assets | £222.3k | £186.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-11📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2023-01-11📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-01-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-15🏢Company incorporatedAs A G WELDING LTD
- 2015-12-15➕JOHNSON, Graham appointeddirector
- 2015-12-15➕MILNER, Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
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 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Milner Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/12/2016 |
Mr Graham Johnson Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Registered office
14 Westway
London Park Estate
Mirfield
West Yorkshire
WF14 0LL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
JOHNSON, Graham→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2015-12-15
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MILNER, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2015-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (29 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-14
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-01-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-01-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-01-03