ANDREW WAIDE ASSOCIATES LTD

🌳Matureactive
06616807 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-11
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
47 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees2200

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-10-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-10-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-09-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-09-16
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    WAIDE, Nuala Maria appointed
    director
  8. 2024-06-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-10-06
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  11. 2023-08-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW WAIDE ASSOCIATES LTD
  19. 2008-06-11
    ➕
    RUBICON CONSULTANTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-06-11
    ➕
    WAIDE, Andrew Keith appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WAIDE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Awa Strategic Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Awa Strategic Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ANDREW WAIDE ASSOCIATES LTD
This company · 06616807

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Awa Strategic Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/09/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Keith Waideceased 16/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2008-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

72 Lairgate
Beverley
East Yorkshire
HU17 8EU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-24
Last: 2026-06-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

RUBICON CONSULTANTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-11
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Active
WAIDE, Andrew Keith→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-06-11
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Active
WAIDE, Nuala Maria→
director · ~69y · appointed 2024-09-16
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Active

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-10-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21