ASPECT WOODWORKING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05468024 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-01

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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2023-01-12
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2022-01-07
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2021-01-27
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2020-01-09
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2019-02-11
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accounts · AA
2018-03-09
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officers · AP01
2018-02-26
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SMITH, Jane appointed
director
2017-11-23
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officers · TM01
2017-11-23
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2017-11-09
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WORTH, David resigned
director
2017-10-23
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accounts · AA
2017-02-07
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2016-06-03
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2005-06-01
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Company incorporated
As ASPECT WOODWORKING LIMITED
2005-06-01
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SMITH, Andrew David appointed
secretary
2005-06-01
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SMITH, Andrew David appointed
director
2005-06-01
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-06-01
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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2005-06-01
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WORTH, David appointed
director
2005-06-01
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-06-01
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew David Smith Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David Worthceased 09/11/2017· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2005-06-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Unit 12

Pioneer Road

Faringdon

Oxfordshire

SN7 7BU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Andrew David→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-01

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Active

SMITH, Andrew David→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-06-01

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Active

SMITH, Jane→

director · ~60y · appointed 2018-02-26

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Active

SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2005-06-01

Resigned

WORTH, David→

director · ~76y · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2017-11-09

Resigned

WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2005-06-01

Resigned

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