ASHMORE GLASS & MIRRORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03395941 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-01
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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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Gross profit—£1.07M
Operating profit—£417.7k
Profit before tax—£415.0k
Average employees21002100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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  3. 2024-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-22
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  9. 2019-05-31
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  10. 2018-05-17
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  11. 2017-05-19
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  12. 2016-05-11
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  13. 2015-07-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-14
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    accounts · AA
  15. 1997-07-02
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    EDWARDS, Craig Warren appointed
    secretary
  16. 1997-07-02
    ➕
    BROOKES, Michael John appointed
    director
  17. 1997-07-02
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Craig Warren appointed
    director
  18. 1997-07-02
    ➖
    MIDLANDS SECRETARIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1997-07-02
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    ALLSOPP, Nicholas James resigned
    nominee-director
  20. 1997-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHMORE GLASS & MIRRORS LIMITED
  21. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    MIDLANDS SECRETARIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    ALLSOPP, Nicholas James appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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 29 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
Mr Michael John Brookes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2022
Mr Craig Warren Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
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
Incorporated1997-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

121 Brownswall Road
Sedgley
Dudley
West Midlands
DY3 3NS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-15
Last: 2026-07-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

EDWARDS, Craig Warren→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKES, Michael John→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, Craig Warren→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MIDLANDS SECRETARIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 1997-07-02
Resigned
ALLSOPP, Nicholas James→
nominee-director · ~68y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 1997-07-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-22