AYRTON SAUNDERS AND COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive
07281850 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 21100
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.5y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees7800

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-03-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-03-07
    ➖
    BROMILEY, Mark resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-03-07
    ➖
    BROMILEY, Mark resigned
    director
  6. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-02-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-02-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-05-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2021-05-05
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2021-05-01
    ➕
    BROMILEY, Mark appointed
    secretary
  17. 2021-05-01
    ➖
    DIDLICK, Philip resigned
    secretary
  18. 2021-05-01
    ➕
    BROMILEY, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2021-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2019-10-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2017-02-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2017-01-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  25. 2014-01-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 2012-05-01
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, Padraic Marc appointed
    director
  27. 2012-04-30
    ➕
    DIDLICK, Philip James appointed
    director
  28. 2012-04-30
    ➖
    BACON, Kelvin resigned
    secretary
  29. 2012-04-30
    ➕
    DIDLICK, Philip appointed
    secretary
  30. 2012-04-30
    ➖
    BACON, Kelvin resigned
    director
  31. 2010-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AYRTON SAUNDERS AND COMPANY LTD
  32. 2010-06-11
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, Gerald Francis appointed
    director
  33. 2010-06-11
    ➕
    BACON, Kelvin appointed
    secretary
  34. 2010-06-11
    ➕
    BACON, Kelvin appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Obg Pharmaceuticals Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Obg Pharmaceuticals Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AYRTON SAUNDERS AND COMPANY LTD
This company · 07281850

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
Obg Pharmaceuticals Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/01/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gerald Francis O'Brienceased 12/01/2024· significant influence · firm interest
  • Mrs Brigid Christine O'Brienceased 12/01/2024· significant influence · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC21100 — SIC 21100

Registered office

Ayrton House
Commerce Way
Liverpool
Merseyside
L8 7BA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-23
Last: 2026-06-09

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DIDLICK, Philip James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'BRIEN, Gerald Francis→
director · ~77y · appointed 2010-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'BRIEN, Padraic Marc→
director · ~47y · appointed 2012-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BACON, Kelvin→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-11 · resigned 2012-04-30
Resigned
BROMILEY, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2021-05-01 · resigned 2025-03-07
Resigned
DIDLICK, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-30 · resigned 2021-05-01
Resigned
BACON, Kelvin→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-06-11 · resigned 2012-04-30
Resigned
BROMILEY, Mark→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-05-01 · resigned 2025-03-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property31/01/2017—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/01/201409/02/2017
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09