A.S.G. FABRICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04465639 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-20

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£643.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.3y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (5 active, 20 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

111 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £643,904

Cash YoY

+143%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£985k

↑ 143% YoY

Net Worth

£644k

↑ 54% YoY

Current Assets

£1.8m

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£659.5k	£485.8k
Current assets	£1.82M	£1.60M
Cash	£984.7k	£405.9k
Debtors	£688.7k	£1.04M
Net assets	£643.9k	£418.5k

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand

2026-01-16
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accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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accounts · AA
2023-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
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officers · AP01
2023-11-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-15
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JOHNSON, Carol Patricia appointed
director
2023-11-15
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KIRK, John Stuart appointed
director
2023-09-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-09-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-04-28
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accounts · AA
2022-04-06
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JOHNSON, Adrian appointed
secretary
2022-04-06
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DOVE, Paula resigned
secretary
2022-04-06
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-04-06
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-16
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officers · TM02
2020-10-16
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officers · AP03
2020-07-20
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DOVE, Paula appointed
secretary
2020-07-20
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JOHNSON, Adrian resigned
secretary
2020-06-03
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KIRK, John Stuart resigned
director
2020-06-03
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officers · TM01
2019-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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accounts · AA01
2019-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-17
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HOULT, Graham Harold resigned
secretary
2019-04-17
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JOHNSON, Adrian appointed
secretary
2019-04-17
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HOULT, Graham Harold resigned
director
2019-04-17
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JOHNSON, Carol Patricia resigned
director
2019-04-16
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HOULT, Julie resigned
director
2019-04-09
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HEALD, Sarah resigned
director
2016-03-17
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HOULT, Julia Elizabeth resigned
director
2015-02-27
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CLAYWORTH, Steven Michael resigned
director
2013-05-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-05-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2013-04-01
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CLAYWORTH, Steven Michael appointed
director
2013-04-01
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HEALD, Sarah appointed
director
2013-04-01
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KIRK, John Stuart appointed
director
2010-05-28
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MERSON, Jeannette resigned
director
2010-05-28
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MERSON, Stephen Roger resigned
director
2008-10-27
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HOULT, Julia Elizabeth appointed
director
2008-10-27
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HOULT, Julie appointed
director
2008-10-27
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JOHNSON, Carol Patricia appointed
director
2008-10-27
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MERSON, Jeannette appointed
director
2008-09-30
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BROUGHTON, Glenn resigned
director
2007-04-06
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BROUGHTON, Glenn appointed
director
2003-03-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
2003-03-07
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HOULT, Graham Harold appointed
director
2003-03-07
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MERSON, Stephen Roger appointed
director
2002-06-20
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Company incorporated
As A.S.G. FABRICATIONS LIMITED

Showing most recent 50 of 57 events

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

A.S.G. Fabrications (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A.S.G. Fabrications (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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A.S.G. FABRICATIONS LIMITED

This company · 04465639

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
A.S.G. Fabrications (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	04/08/2023

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

Incorporated2002-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Unit 1a Greenhill Mills

Grange Road

Batley

West Yorkshire

WF17 6LH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-07

Last: 2025-07-24