ATWER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07156714 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-15
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees0

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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-12-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-03-03
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    address · AD01
  16. 2010-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ATWER LIMITED
  17. 2010-02-15
    ➕
    DRAKE - WILSON, Ian Duncan appointed
    director
  18. 2010-02-15
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    DRAKE-WILSON, Suzanne Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2010-02-15
    ➕
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director
  20. 2010-02-15
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    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Mrs Suzanne Jane Drake-Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/12/2019
Mr Ian Duncan Drake-Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
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
Incorporated2010-02-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

105 Woodfield Road
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY3 8HU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DRAKE - WILSON, Ian Duncan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-02-15
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Active
DRAKE-WILSON, Suzanne Jane→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-02-15
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Active
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-02-15 · resigned 2010-02-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-12-11