ACHECH UK LTD

🌳Matureactive
09944716 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-11
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£356.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28140
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46740SIC 46740
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £356,647

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£357k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£182k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£71k£143k£214k£285k£357kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£784.1k£827.5k
Current assets£181.9k£204.6k
Net assets£356.6k£313.2k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-30
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-01-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-02-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-15
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-02-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2017-06-27
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    address · AD01
  17. 2016-01-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ACHECH UK LTD
  18. 2016-01-11
    ➕
    HSU, Wen-Nu appointed
    director
  19. 2016-01-11
    ➕
    LIN, Ching-I appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ching-I Lin
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
50–75%
—50-75% shares24/02/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Achech Valve Works Ltdceased 24/02/2017· 50-75% 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
Incorporated2016-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28140 — SIC 28140

Registered office

Donovan Works
Northcote Road
Birmingham
B33 9BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HSU, Wen-Nu→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-01-11
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LIN, Ching-I→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-01-11
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-17