ASCOT AUTOCLAVES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
02902032 · ltd · incorporated 1994-02-24
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Assets
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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
Average employees2001100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-27
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    ADKINS, Rodney John resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-03-28
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    ADKINS, Rodney John appointed
    director
  7. 2023-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-04-07
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    address · AD02
  17. 2015-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-11-13
    ➕
    WARREN, Lynette appointed
    director
  19. 2000-05-24
    ➕
    WARREN, Lynette appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-05-24
    ➖
    FLOWER, Elizabeth Mary resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-09-27
    ➖
    BENNETT, Stephen William resigned
    director
  22. 1999-01-07
    ➕
    FLOWER, Elizabeth Mary appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-08-20
    ➖
    KINGCOTT, Timothy Ivor resigned
    secretary
  24. 1994-02-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ASCOT AUTOCLAVES LTD.
  25. 1994-02-24
    ➕
    WARREN, Robert David appointed
    director
  26. 1994-02-24
    ➕
    KINGCOTT, Timothy Ivor appointed
    secretary
  27. 1994-02-24
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1994-02-24
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1994-02-24
    ➕
    BENNETT, Stephen William 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 68. 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert David Warren
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1994-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

6 The Lawrence Centre
Oaklands Park
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 2FE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

WARREN, Lynette→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-24
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Active
WARREN, Lynette→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-11-13
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Active
WARREN, Robert David→
director · ~68y · appointed 1994-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLOWER, Elizabeth Mary→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-07 · resigned 2000-05-24
Resigned
KINGCOTT, Timothy Ivor→
secretary · appointed 1994-02-24 · resigned 1998-08-20
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-02-24 · resigned 1994-02-24
Resigned
ADKINS, Rodney John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2024-03-28 · resigned 2026-02-27
Resigned
BENNETT, Stephen William→
director · ~78y · appointed 1994-02-24 · resigned 1999-09-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11