ASTOR (BRISTOL) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04166383 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.0y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-23
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  6. 2020-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-19
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-20
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2017-05-04
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    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2016-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-21
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lisa Omahony
  16. 2015-06-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  17. 2010-04-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  18. 2002-02-27
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    NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  19. 2001-11-27
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    BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2001-04-06
    ➕
    O'MAHONY, Diarmuid John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-04-06
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    O'MAHONY, Sean appointed
    director
  22. 2001-02-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTOR (BRISTOL) LIMITED
  23. 2001-02-22
    ➕
    BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2001-02-22
    ➕
    NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

126 Bryants Hill
Hanham
Bristol
BS5 8RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

O'MAHONY, Diarmuid John→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-06
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Active
O'MAHONY, Sean→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-04-06
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Active
BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-02-22 · resigned 2001-11-27
Resigned
NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-02-22 · resigned 2002-02-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lisa Omahony / Sean Diarmuid Omahony
A registered charge1 property21/09/2015—
outstanding
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
A registered charge—02/06/2015—
outstanding
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property29/04/2010—
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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20