ALBION TEST CENTRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10181776 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-16
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 2.6y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Newest facility, 2.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 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 | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-12-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-12-10🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2024-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-08-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2024-03-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-10-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Limited
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-27➕BREWIN, Sharon Louise appointeddirector
- 2016-05-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBION TEST CENTRE LIMITED
- 2016-05-16➕GEARY, Martin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- 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 |
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Mr Martin Geary Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 15/05/2017 |
Miss Sharon Louise Brewin Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 15/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Unit 4, Maltings Industrial Estate
Derby Road
Burton-On-Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 1RN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BREWIN, Sharon Louise→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2017-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GEARY, Martin→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2016-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 10/12/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 11/08/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Limited | A registered charge | — | 27/10/2023 | 18/12/2024 |
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Recent filings (27 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-03