A & E MECHANICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07623673 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-05
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 May 2025
Net worth
£1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
41 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
80
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,093
Net assets shrinking
Down £4 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£177k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£35k£71k£106k£142k£177kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£140.3k£100.3k
Current assets£177.0k£139.0k
Net assets£1.1k£1.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-03-08
    ➖
    A.P.R. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2024-03-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-11
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2021-08-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-02-04
    ➕
    BAUER, Marco appointed
    director
  19. 2011-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As A & E MECHANICAL LIMITED
  20. 2011-05-05
    ➕
    PORTER, Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2011-05-05
    ➕
    A.P.R. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-05-05
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-05
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Freelance (Eu) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Freelance (Eu) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
A & E MECHANICAL LIMITED
This company · 07623673

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Freelance (Eu) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares23/05/2017
Mr Christopher Porter
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest23/05/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Veronica Lesley Porterceased 24/05/2022· 25-50% shares · firm interest

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
Incorporated2011-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

107 Cleethorpe Road
Grimsby
N E Lincs
DN31 3ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BAUER, Marco→
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PORTER, Christopher→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
A.P.R. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-05-05 · resigned 2024-03-08
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2011-05-05 · resigned 2011-05-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-23