ASTRA FRAME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03107380 · ltd · incorporated 1995-09-27
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£2.24M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
77 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,241,826
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↓ 1.3% YoY
Net Worth
£2.2m
↑ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£2.4m
↑ 3.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£470k£940k£1.4m£1.9m£2.4mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£2.27M£2.17M
Current assets£2.35M£2.27M
Cash£1.08M£1.09M
Debtors£1.10M£1000.0k
Net assets£2.24M£2.13M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-07
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  2. 2024-08-22
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  3. 2023-12-04
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  4. 2023-12-04
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  5. 2023-12-04
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  6. 2023-12-04
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  7. 2023-08-24
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  8. 2022-10-13
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  9. 2021-07-30
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  10. 2020-09-04
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  11. 2019-08-08
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  12. 2018-11-21
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  13. 2018-11-21
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  14. 2018-11-21
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  15. 2018-09-11
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  16. 1995-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTRA FRAME LIMITED
  17. 1995-09-27
    ➕
    COLLIER, Claire Jeanette appointed
    secretary
  18. 1995-09-27
    ➕
    COLLIER, Claire Jeanette appointed
    director
  19. 1995-09-27
    ➕
    COLLIER, Trevor Robin appointed
    director
  20. 1995-09-27
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1995-09-27
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Claire Jeanette Collier
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Trevor Robin Collier
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated1995-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25120 — SIC 25120

Registered office

50 Barker Street
Norwich
NR2 4TN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

COLLIER, Claire Jeanette→
secretary · appointed 1995-09-27
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Active
COLLIER, Claire Jeanette→
director · ~71y · appointed 1995-09-27
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Active
COLLIER, Trevor Robin→
director · ~71y · appointed 1995-09-27
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-09-27 · resigned 1995-09-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
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2026-02-06
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accounts · AA
2025-07-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
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accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30