ASTECH ELECTRONICS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01164924 · ltd · incorporated 1974-03-29
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£580.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26512
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £580,356
Net assets shrinking
Down £147,070 YoY
Cash YoY
-26%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£556k
↓ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£580k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£763k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £580.4k | £727.4k |
| Current assets | £762.9k | £898.5k |
| Cash | £556.2k | £751.3k |
| Debtors | £201.7k | £142.2k |
| Net assets | £580.4k | £727.4k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-01➕BAKER, Christopher James appointeddirector
- 2019-05-01➕BAKER, Stephen Alexander appointeddirector
- 2018-07-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-07-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-07-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-04➖BAKER, Daphne Ann resignedsecretary
- 2016-09-04➖BAKER, Daphne Ann resigneddirector
- 1974-03-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ASTECH ELECTRONICS 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
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher James Baker Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 14/07/2016 |
Mr Stephen Alexander Baker Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Keith Malcolm Bakerceased 14/07/2018· 25-50% shares
- Mr Christopher James Bakerceased 14/07/2018· 25-50% shares
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
Incorporated1974-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26512 — SIC 26512
Registered office
Astech House
Forge Industrial Estate
Binsted
Hampshire
GU34 4PF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BAKER, Christopher James→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Stephen Alexander→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAKER, Daphne Ann→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2016-09-04
BAKER, Daphne Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 2016-09-04
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Recent filings (99 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-05-13