ASIAN EXPORT AND IMPORT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05458807 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-20
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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year to May 2025
Net worth
£-18.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 81). 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
64 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £18,859
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£19k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£16k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-18.1k | £-16.1k |
| Current assets | £16.3k | £23.6k |
| Net assets | £-18.9k | £-16.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-06-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-06-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-01📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2005-05-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ASIAN EXPORT AND IMPORT LIMITED
- 2005-05-20➕BROOKS, John Christopher appointedsecretary
- 2005-05-20➕BROOKS, John Christopher appointeddirector
- 2005-05-20➕BROOKS, Lorna appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Christopher Brooks Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 20/05/2016 |
Mrs Lorna Brooks Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 20/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
60 Delvin Road
Bristol
BS10 5EH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BROOKS, John Christopher→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-05-20
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BROOKS, John Christopher→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2005-05-20
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BROOKS, Lorna→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2005-05-20
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Recent filings (64 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01