ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06090102 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-07

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£358.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £358,798

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£359k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Assets

£370k

↑ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£360.0k	£313.1k
Current assets	£370.2k	£315.0k
Net assets	£358.8k	£312.0k

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 (23 events)Click to expand

2025-05-08
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2024-05-15
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accounts · AA
2023-09-06
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accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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accounts · AA
2020-11-04
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accounts · AA
2019-09-19
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accounts · AA
2018-10-05
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accounts · AA
2018-04-05
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address · AD01
2017-09-14
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accounts · AA
2016-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-02-16
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-25
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accounts · AA
2015-02-23
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-20
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2007-02-07
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Company incorporated
As ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEYS LIMITED
2007-02-07
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DONALDSON, Kerry Tina appointed
secretary
2007-02-07
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DONALDSON, Kerry Tina appointed
director
2007-02-07
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SABIN, David John appointed
director
2007-02-07
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-02-07
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-02-07
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-02-07
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Kerry Tina Donaldson Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr David John Sabin Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-02-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1 Gate Farm High Street

Sutton Benger

Chippenham

Wiltshire

SN15 4RE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DONALDSON, Kerry Tina→

secretary · appointed 2007-02-07

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Active

DONALDSON, Kerry Tina→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-02-07

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Active

SABIN, David John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-02-07

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-07 · resigned 2007-02-07

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-07 · resigned 2007-02-07

Resigned

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