A.S.H. PLASTICS (WOLVERHAMPTON) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01651313 · ltd · incorporated 1982-07-14
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 43.7y 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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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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
3 live charges · oldest 43.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 43.7 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: 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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
134 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £4.06M |
| Current assets | — | £2.50M |
| Cash | — | £1.18M |
| Debtors | — | £705.1k |
| Net assets | — | £3.64M |
| Average employees | 3800 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-23📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-01-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-01-23📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-07-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-07-22📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-07-22📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-12-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-22📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2021-10-24📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2021-10-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-09-30➖HOULDER, Nigel Andrew resigneddirector
- 2020-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-26➖LEWIS, Jacqueline resigneddirector
- 2013-06-07➖SWINGWOOD, David Edwin resignedsecretary
- 2013-06-07➖SWINGWOOD, David Edwin resigneddirector
- 2006-11-29➕LEWIS, Jacqueline appointeddirector
- 2004-06-01➕ARCHER, David John appointeddirector
- 2001-02-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1997-10-08➕ARCHER, James Robert appointeddirector
- 1994-04-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1982-10-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1982-07-14🏢Company incorporatedAs A.S.H. PLASTICS (WOLVERHAMPTON) LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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
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 Robert Duncan Archer Individual · British · DOB 04/1944 · age 82 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/07/2016 |
Mrs Vera Helena Archer Individual · British · DOB 05/1944 · age 82 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290
Registered office
City House
Ettingshall Road
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV2 2JP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
ARCHER, David John→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2004-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARCHER, James Robert→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 1997-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWINGWOOD, David Edwin→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2013-06-07
HOULDER, Nigel Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · resigned 2021-09-30
LEWIS, Jacqueline→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2006-11-29 · resigned 2020-06-26
SWINGWOOD, David Edwin→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2013-06-07
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 07/02/2001 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Deed of charge over credit balances | 1 property | 27/04/1994 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 25/10/1982 | — |
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Recent filings (134 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-01-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-23
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-07-22
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-07-22