AWD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03973688 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-14

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£283.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other publishing activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82302Activities of conference organisers

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

94 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £283,026

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£196k

Net Worth

£283k

Current Assets

£356k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30
Total assets	£283.0k
Current assets	£356.3k
Cash	£195.8k
Debtors	£160.5k
Net assets	£283.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-02-04
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accounts · AA01
2026-01-15
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accounts · AA
2024-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-07
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accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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capital · SH01
2023-01-19
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accounts · AA
2022-08-24
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SAMPSON, Katie Louise appointed
director
2022-08-24
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officers · AP01
2022-08-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-14
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officers · AP01
2022-07-01
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DALZIEL-WALKER, Paul appointed
director
2022-06-08
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officers · TM02
2022-06-08
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officers · AP03
2022-06-08
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officers · CH01
2022-06-01
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DALZIEL-WALKER, Paul appointed
secretary
2022-06-01
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DALZIEL, June Lesley resigned
secretary
2022-04-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-27
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officers · CH01
2022-04-27
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2022-04-27
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officers · CH01
2022-04-27
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officers · CH01
2022-04-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2015-09-01
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DALZIEL-WALKER, Natalie June appointed
director
2014-01-29
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DALZIEL, June Lesley appointed
director
2000-04-14
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Company incorporated
As AWD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
2000-04-14
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DALZIEL, Arthur William appointed
director
2000-04-14
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DALZIEL, June Lesley appointed
secretary
2000-04-14
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-04-14
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-04-14
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-04-14
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mr Paul Dalziel-Walker Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55	—	—	board controlboard control · firm interest	10/04/2024
Mrs Natalie June Dalziel-Walker Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50	—	—	board controlboard control · firm interest	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs June Lesley Dalzielceased 24/08/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Arthur William Dalzielceased 24/08/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2000-04-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

109 Seymour Road Seymour Road

Stourbridge

DY9 8YF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10