A & W STEEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC355100 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-16
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 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.72M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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

1 live charge · oldest 17.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,718,483

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£671k
Net Worth
£1.7m
Current Assets
£1.4m
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£1.95M
Current assets£1.44M
Cash£670.8k
Debtors£156.4k
Net assets£1.72M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-07
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-18
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-11-17
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2021-11-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2021-06-18
    ➕
    STEEL, Callum appointed
    director
  10. 2021-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-15
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  12. 2018-12-27
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  13. 2018-01-04
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  14. 2016-09-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-10-20
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-03-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2009-02-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A & W STEEL LIMITED
  19. 2009-02-16
    ➕
    STEEL, Thomas Wright appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-02-16
    ➕
    STEEL, Ann Agnes appointed
    director
  21. 2009-02-16
    ➕
    STEEL, Thomas Wright appointed
    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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STEEL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — STEEL, Callum (same surname) appointed 2021-06-18. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Wright Steel
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Ann Agnes Steel
Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

37 Portland Road
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 2DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

STEEL, Thomas Wright→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-16
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Active
STEEL, Ann Agnes→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-02-16
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Active
STEEL, Callum→
director · ~28y · appointed 2021-06-18
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Active
STEEL, Thomas Wright→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-02-16
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property11/03/2009—
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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-11-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-05