AG DESIGN & CONTROL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06286500 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-20
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
£11.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,085
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,541 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£11k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£50k
↑ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£40k£50kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£11.1k£12.6k
Current assets£49.6k£46.3k
Net assets£11.1k£12.6k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-07-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-07-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2022-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-07-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-01-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-01-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-06-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-05-01
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    GOSWAMI, Helen Louise appointed
    director
  20. 2007-07-09
    ➕
    GOSWAMI, Helen Louise appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-07-09
    ➖
    GOSWAMI, Ashim resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-07-09
    ➖
    GOSWAMI, Helen Louise resigned
    director
  23. 2007-06-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AG DESIGN & CONTROL LIMITED
  24. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    GOSWAMI, Ashim appointed
    director
  25. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    GOSWAMI, Ashim appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    GOSWAMI, Helen Louise appointed
    director

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 19 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

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 62. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Helen Louise Goswami
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ashim Goswamiceased 12/01/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2007-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

25 Station Road
Hinckley
Leicestershire
LE10 1AP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-04
Last: 2026-06-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GOSWAMI, Helen Louise→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOSWAMI, Ashim→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-06-20
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Active
GOSWAMI, Helen Louise→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOSWAMI, Ashim→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2007-07-09
Resigned
GOSWAMI, Helen Louise→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2007-07-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-07-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-05