ANALYTICAL SCIENTIFIC HARDWARE INSTRUMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03221246 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-05

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	4	400

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-06-24
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2025-06-05
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2023-06-21
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2022-03-22
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2021-06-23
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2020-06-30
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2019-06-19
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2019-04-29
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2018-07-05
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2018-07-05
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2018-07-05
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2018-06-28
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2014-07-04
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MOHAMMED, Helen Nicola appointed
secretary
2014-07-04
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RICHARDSON, Patricia resigned
secretary
2011-10-01
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MOHAMMED, Helen Nicola appointed
director
2011-10-01
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MORTEN, Paula Jane appointed
director
1996-07-06
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RICHARDSON, Michael Thomas appointed
director
1996-07-06
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RICHARDSON, Patricia appointed
director
1996-07-06
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RICHARDSON, Patricia appointed
secretary
1996-07-06
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1996-07-06
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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1996-07-05
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Company incorporated
As ANALYTICAL SCIENTIFIC HARDWARE INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
1996-07-05
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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1996-07-05
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Paula Jane Morten Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/08/2017
Mrs Helen Nicola Mohammed Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/08/2017

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

Incorporated1996-07-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Heather Close

Lyme Green Business Park

Macclesfield

Cheshire

SK11 0LR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-17

Last: 2025-07-03