AASI LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06985696 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-08
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
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.

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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-08-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-07-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-02-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-06-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-06-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2019-06-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2009-08-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AASI LIMITED
  20. 2009-08-08
    ➕
    SMALLWOOD, Stephen Graham appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-08-08
    ➕
    SMALLWOOD, Annette Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2009-08-08
    ➕
    SMALLWOOD, Stephen Graham appointed
    director
  23. 2009-08-08
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-08-08
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2009-08-08
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    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  26. 2009-08-08
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 73 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 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

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 Stephen Graham Smallwood
Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Annette Mary Smallwood
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

Lynwood House
373-375 Station Road
Harrow
HA1 2AW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMALLWOOD, Stephen Graham→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMALLWOOD, Annette Mary→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMALLWOOD, Stephen Graham→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-08 · resigned 2009-08-08
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2009-08-08 · resigned 2009-08-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09