A.S.C. (CENTRAL) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02483748 · ltd · incorporated 1990-03-22
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 30.7y 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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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Computer facilities management activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
96 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 accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-04
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-05-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-07-31
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    LOWE, Carolyn appointed
    director
  18. 2007-07-31
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    MCNEILL, Mark resigned
    director
  19. 1997-06-20
    ➕
    LOWE, Christopher Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-06-20
    ➕
    LOWE, Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  21. 1997-06-20
    ➖
    BERESFORD, Paul resigned
    secretary
  22. 1996-08-22
    ➕
    BERESFORD, Paul appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-08-22
    ➖
    LOWE, Christopher Paul resigned
    secretary
  24. 1996-08-22
    ➖
    LISTON, Stephen Phillip resigned
    director
  25. 1996-08-22
    ➖
    LOWE, Christopher Paul resigned
    director
  26. 1995-09-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  27. 1990-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As A.S.C. (CENTRAL) LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 64. 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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 Christopher Paul Lowe
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1990-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62030 — Computer facilities management activities

Registered office

14 Shugborough Drive
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 2TU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-17
Last: 2026-05-03

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LOWE, Christopher Paul→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWE, Carolyn→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWE, Christopher Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERESFORD, Paul→
secretary · appointed 1996-08-22 · resigned 1997-06-20
Resigned
LOWE, Christopher Paul→
secretary · resigned 1996-08-22
Resigned
LISTON, Stephen Phillip→
director · ~63y · resigned 1996-08-22
Resigned
LOWE, Christopher Paul→
director · ~64y · resigned 1996-08-22
Resigned
MCNEILL, Mark→
director · ~59y · resigned 2007-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property15/09/199504/05/2025

Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04