AWT COMMERCIALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06010854 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees600-600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-04-01
    ➕
    TROWLER, Alex appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-11-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AWT COMMERCIALS LIMITED
  17. 2006-11-27
    ➕
    TROWLER, Paula Marie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-11-27
    ➕
    TROWLER, Alan William appointed
    director
  19. 2006-11-27
    ➕
    TROWLER, Paula Marie appointed
    director
  20. 2006-11-27
    ➕
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-11-27
    ➖
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-11-27
    ➕
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2006-11-27
    ➖
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TROWLER, Alex (same surname) appointed 2023-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alex Trowler
Individual · British · DOB 06/1992 · age 34
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/03/2017
Alan William Trowler
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Paula Marie Trowler
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

23 Farnworth Street
Widnes
WA8 9LH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

TROWLER, Paula Marie→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TROWLER, Alan William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TROWLER, Alex→
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TROWLER, Paula Marie→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-11-27 · resigned 2006-11-27
Resigned
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-11-27 · resigned 2006-11-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-19