A.E. TAYLOR & CO. (SUNDERLAND) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00668702 · ltd · incorporated 1960-08-29
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 60.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 22220SIC 22220
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 60.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 60.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
106 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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 500 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-01-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-14📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2018-02-13📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2017-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-06-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-11-23➕ELLISON, Deborah appointeddirector
- 2005-05-27➕ELLISON, Deborah appointedsecretary
- 2005-05-27➖BARRASS, Brian resignedsecretary
- 2005-05-27➖TEMPLE, Bryan resigneddirector
- 1989-12-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1966-03-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Sunderland Building Society
- 1960-08-29🏢Company incorporatedAs A.E. TAYLOR & CO. (SUNDERLAND) LIMITED
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 86 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 66 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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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Mrs Deborah Ellison Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 23/11/2016 |
Mr Brian Barrass Individual · British · DOB 06/1940 · age 86 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 23/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1960-08-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22190 — SIC 22190
Registered office
44 Borough Road,
Sunderland
SR1 1PW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
ELLISON, Deborah→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2016-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARRASS, Brian→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2005-05-27
TEMPLE, Bryan→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 2005-05-27
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 01/12/1989 | — | |
| satisfied | Sunderland Building Society | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/03/1966 | 20/06/2017 |
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Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-02