ALBEC METAL COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC211104 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-19
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 38320SIC 38320
  • 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 3 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2025-05-24
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  5. 2022-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-14
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  13. 2015-05-12
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  14. 2014-09-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2013-10-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-09-19
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    CROZER, Christopher Thomas John appointed
    director
  17. 2000-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBEC METAL COMPANY LIMITED
  18. 2000-09-19
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    CROZER, Nicholas William appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-09-19
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    CROZER, Nicholas William appointed
    director
  20. 2000-09-19
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-09-19
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-09-19
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-09-19
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas William Crozer
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/09/2016

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
Incorporated2000-09-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

High Plewlands
Muirkirk Road
Strathaven
ML10 6RF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CROZER, Nicholas William→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-19
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Active
CROZER, Christopher Thomas John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-09-19
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Active
CROZER, Nicholas William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-09-19
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-19 · resigned 2000-09-19
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-19 · resigned 2000-09-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-14