AST GLOBAL LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £101 |
| Cash | £5.7k |
| Net assets | £101 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
- • 3 accounts
- • 1 dissolution
- • 3 accounts
- • 1 dissolution
- • 3 accounts
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-16📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2026-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-07-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2026-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-25➖SHUKER, Edward Carl resigneddirector
- 2023-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-03-12🏢Company incorporatedAs AST GLOBAL LIMITED
- 2009-03-12➕MARYON, Christopher Hugh appointedsecretary
- 2009-03-12➕MARYON, Christopher Hugh appointeddirector
- 2009-03-12➕SHUKER, Edward Carl appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanGroup structure
Alien Systems And Technologies (Pty) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alien Systems And Technologies (Pty) Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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