ASB BLINDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03274585 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-31
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 2026
Net worth
£9.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13923
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,183
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,344 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£9k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£14k£21k£28k£35kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£9.2k£16.0k
Current assets£24.4k£35.4k
Net assets£9.2k£15.5k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-02-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2023-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-08-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 1996-11-04
    ➕
    STENHOUSE, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  16. 1996-11-04
    ➖
    WEALLEANS, Maureen Patricia resigned
    secretary
  17. 1996-10-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASB BLINDS LIMITED
  18. 1996-10-31
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Clifford Stephen appointed
    director
  19. 1996-10-31
    ➕
    BOYCE, Sean Cavan appointed
    director
  20. 1996-10-31
    ➕
    STENHOUSE, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 1996-10-31
    ➕
    WEALLEANS, Maureen Patricia appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

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 80 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Clifford Stephen Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/11/2016
Mrs Susan Elizabeth Stenhouse
Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/11/2016
Mr Sean Cavan Boyce
Individual · British · DOB 12/1948 · age 78
—25–50%25-50% voting11/11/2016

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
Incorporated1996-10-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13923 — SIC 13923

Registered office

Units 8 & 10 Duttons Farm Bangors Road South
Iver
SL0 0AY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

STENHOUSE, Susan Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-04
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Active
ANDERSON, Clifford Stephen→
director · ~67y · appointed 1996-10-31
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Active
BOYCE, Sean Cavan→
director · ~78y · appointed 1996-10-31
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Active
STENHOUSE, Susan Elizabeth→
director · ~80y · appointed 1996-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEALLEANS, Maureen Patricia→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-31 · resigned 1996-11-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01