ASTERISK DIRECT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05068186 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-09
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
£-1.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,554

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£2k
↑ 61% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£4k-£3k-£1k£127£2k£3kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£265£2.1k
Current assets£1.4k£2.9k
Net assets£-1.6k£-4.0k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-22
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-17
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    address · AD01
  6. 2024-04-16
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  7. 2023-04-30
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  8. 2022-05-04
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  9. 2021-07-05
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  10. 2020-08-14
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  11. 2020-02-26
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    address · AD01
  12. 2019-06-30
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  13. 2018-07-29
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  14. 2017-11-02
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  15. 2016-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTERISK DIRECT LIMITED
  17. 2004-03-09
    ➕
    GRIMSHAW, George Edward appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-03-09
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    GRIMSHAW, George Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2004-03-09
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    GRIMSHAW, Paula Michelle appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Edward Grimshaw
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Paula Michelle Grimshaw
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Runshaw Grange Runshaw Lane
Euxton
Chorley
PR7 6HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GRIMSHAW, George Edward→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-09
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Active
GRIMSHAW, George Edward→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-03-09
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Active
GRIMSHAW, Paula Michelle→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-03-09
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Active

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09