ASPRA SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06573565 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-22
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£27.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
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
52 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 £27,727
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,219 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£28k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£29k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£17k£26k£34k£43kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£27.7k£31.9k
Current assets£28.7k£42.7k
Net assets£27.7k£31.9k

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
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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-05-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-01-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-06-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-06-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-08-07
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    MURRAY, Stephen John appointed
    director
  19. 2010-07-07
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    MURRAY, Stephen John resigned
    director
  20. 2009-02-17
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    DIXON, Reginald Graham appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ASPRA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  22. 2008-04-22
    ➕
    MURRAY, Stephen John appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Reginald Graham Dixon
Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Murray
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

1st Floor St Oswalds House
32 Victoria Road
Hartlepool
Teeside
TS26 8DD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DIXON, Reginald Graham→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY, Stephen John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-08-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY, Stephen John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-04-22 · resigned 2010-07-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-08