ASTON DISPLAY LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.6y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.0k | £1.0k |
| Current assets | £1.0k | £1.0k |
| Debtors | £1.0k | £1.0k |
| Net assets | £1.0k | £1.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-11-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-11-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-11-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-11-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-11-25➕CLARK, Karl Richard appointeddirector
- 2019-11-25➖PEARSON, Trevor resigneddirector
- 2019-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-06-26🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2010-12-31➖GROVES, Catherina Margaret resignedsecretary
- 2009-07-01➖GARLAND RIDDING, Micah Edward resigneddirector
- 2005-11-25➕GARLAND RIDDING, Micah Edward appointeddirector
- 2004-08-20➕GROVES, Catherina Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2004-08-20➖HOLLY, Valerie Jayne resignedsecretary
- 1999-09-16➕HOLLY, Valerie Jayne appointedsecretary
- 1999-09-16➖PEARSON, Claire Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 1991-04-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1989-09-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1983-10-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1983-09-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ASTON DISPLAY LIMITED
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Taylex Displays Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Taylex Displays Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 25/11/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Trevor Pearsonceased 25/11/2019· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 12/09/1989 | 26/06/2012 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 12/10/1983 | 17/04/1991 |