ASTRUM LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03494650 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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.

Key financials

1 year 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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-12-31
    ➖
    WOODFINE, Timothy Alexander resigned
    director
  4. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2019-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-08-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-08-20
    ➖
    WHITTAKER, Graham resigned
    secretary
  16. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2001-03-12
    ➕
    WOODFINE, Timothy Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2001-03-02
    ➖
    WOODFINE, Nigel Ian resigned
    director
  20. 1998-07-03
    ➕
    WOODFINE, Phillip James appointed
    director
  21. 1998-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTRUM LIMITED
  22. 1998-01-19
    ➕
    WHITTAKER, Graham appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-01-19
    ➕
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-01-19
    ➖
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-01-19
    ➕
    WOODFINE, Nigel Ian appointed
    director
  26. 1998-01-19
    ➕
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1998-01-19
    ➖
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Phillip James Woodfine
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Suite 8 Bourne Gate
25 Bourne Valley Road
Poole
Dorset
BH12 1DY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

WOODFINE, Phillip James→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITTAKER, Graham→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-19 · resigned 2019-08-20
Resigned
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-19 · resigned 1998-01-19
Resigned
WOODFINE, Nigel Ian→
director · ~89y · appointed 1998-01-19 · resigned 2001-03-02
Resigned
WOODFINE, Timothy Alexander→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-03-12 · resigned 2025-12-31
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-01-19 · resigned 1998-01-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30