ASKEW BUILDING SERVICES LTD
🌳Matureactive
05976167 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-24
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 42910SIC 42910
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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, 2 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-05 | 2024-04-05 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-10-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ASKEW BUILDING SERVICES LTD
- 2006-10-24➕ASKEW, Howard appointedsecretary
- 2006-10-24➕AKCHURINA, Elena Yuryevna appointeddirector
- 2006-10-24➕ASKEW, Howard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ASKEW" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Howard Askew Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 23/10/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200
Registered office
2 Furfield Chase
Boughton Monchelsea
Maidstone
Kent
ME17 4GD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
AKCHURINA, Elena Yuryevna→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2006-10-24
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ASKEW, Howard→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2006-10-24
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Recent filings (53 total)
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2025-12-31
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2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2024-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
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2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2022-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2020-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2019-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-01-04