ASSENTECH SALES LTD
🌳Matureactive
06746170 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 71129Other engineering activities
- 71200Technical testing and analysis
- 74901Environmental consulting activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 2.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 10 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Atom Bank PLC
- 2024-05-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Atom Bank PLC
- 2024-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-01-02➕COX, Deborah Jayne appointeddirector
- 2009-09-29➖BANNER, David Michael resigneddirector
- 2008-11-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ASSENTECH SALES LTD
- 2008-11-11➕COX, Ewart John appointeddirector
- 2008-11-11➕BANNER, David Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Ewart John Cox Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Deborah Jayne Cox Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Registered office
Mount Pleasant Farm
Gorran
St. Austell
PL26 6LR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
COX, Deborah Jayne→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2014-01-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COX, Ewart John→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2008-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BANNER, David Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2008-11-11 · resigned 2009-09-29
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
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| outstanding | Atom Bank Atom Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 23/05/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Atom Bank Atom Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 23/05/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11