ASTRAFORCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03423032 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-21

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33140

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47749SIC 47749

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 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

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	100	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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-09-04
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2025-08-28
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officers · CH01
2025-08-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
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accounts · AA
2020-08-25
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accounts · AA
2019-08-19
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accounts · AA
2016-05-10
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HOPKINS, Michelle appointed
director
2014-10-31
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HOPKINS, David John appointed
director
1997-08-21
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Company incorporated
As ASTRAFORCE LIMITED
1997-08-21
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HOPKINS, David John appointed
secretary
1997-08-21
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HOPKINS, Allan Edward appointed
director
1997-08-21
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HOPKINS, Anna Marian appointed
director
1997-08-21
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WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh appointed
secretary
1997-08-21
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WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh resigned
secretary
1997-08-21
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WOOLFORD, Leigh James appointed
director
1997-08-21
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WOOLFORD, Leigh James resigned
director

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Allan Edward Hopkins Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

4 Ynys Bridge Court

Gwaelod Y Garth

Cardiff

CF15 9SS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-04

Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

HOPKINS, David John→

secretary · appointed 1997-08-21

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Active

HOPKINS, Allan Edward→

director · ~77y · appointed 1997-08-21

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Active

HOPKINS, Anna Marian→

director · ~72y · appointed 1997-08-21

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Active

HOPKINS, David John→

director · ~48y · appointed 2014-10-31

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Active

HOPKINS, Michelle→

director · ~45y · appointed 2016-05-10

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Active

WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh→

secretary · appointed 1997-08-21 · resigned 1997-08-21

Resigned

WOOLFORD, Leigh James→

director · ~67y · appointed 1997-08-21 · resigned 1997-08-21

Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-04

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-08-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-27