AUSTHORPE SIGNS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06263448 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-30
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.0y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees600600

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-30
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-07-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  4. 2025-03-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-03-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-02
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    WHITEHOUSE, Sarah appointed
    director
  14. 2018-10-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-05-30
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    Company incorporated
    As AUSTHORPE SIGNS LTD
  19. 2007-05-30
    ➕
    WHITEHOUSE, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-05-30
    ➕
    WHITEHOUSE, Richard Lewis appointed
    director
  21. 2007-05-30
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-05-30
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-05-30
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2007-05-30
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Whitehouse
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/05/2017
Mr Richard Lewis Whitehouse
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/05/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-05-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

32 Gillygate
Pontefract
West Yorkshire
WF8 1PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WHITEHOUSE, Sarah Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITEHOUSE, Richard Lewis→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-05-30
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Active
WHITEHOUSE, Sarah→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-05-30 · resigned 2007-05-30
Resigned
CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-05-30 · resigned 2007-05-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property25/07/2025—
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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01