ASECOS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05215722 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-26
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (45/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-10-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-10-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2021-08-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-11-08
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    KUNKEL, Sascha appointed
    director
  17. 2007-10-31
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    SMITH, Roy resigned
    director
  18. 2004-08-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ASECOS LIMITED
  19. 2004-08-26
    ➕
    ROSSDEUTSCHER, Gunther appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-08-26
    ➕
    SCHREMS, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2004-08-26
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-08-26
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-08-26
    ➕
    SMITH, Roy appointed
    director
  24. 2004-08-26
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-08-26
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Profile House
Stores Road
Derby
Derbyshire
DE21 4BD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ROSSDEUTSCHER, Gunther→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KUNKEL, Sascha→
director · ~44y · appointed 2007-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCHREMS, Michael→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-26 · resigned 2004-08-26
Resigned
SMITH, Roy→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-08-26 · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-26 · resigned 2004-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-27
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2021-04-26