ASC PROCESS SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07289928 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year 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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-25➖PARSONS, Paul Nicholas resigneddirector
- 2025-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-11➕KRIPAL, Lukas, Dr appointeddirector
- 2024-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2011-05-11➖BUSH, Frederick John William resigneddirector
- 2010-06-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ASC PROCESS SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2010-06-21➕MASON, David Christopher appointeddirector
- 2010-06-21➕BUSH, Frederick John William appointeddirector
- 2010-06-21➕PARSONS, Paul Nicholas 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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David Christopher Mason Individual · American · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Asc Process Systems Incceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Registered office
4 Fleetsbridge Business Centre
Upton Road
Poole
Dorset
BH17 7AF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-05
Last: 2026-06-21
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
KRIPAL, Lukas, Dr→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2025-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MASON, David Christopher→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUSH, Frederick John William→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2010-06-21 · resigned 2011-05-11
PARSONS, Paul Nicholas→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-06-21 · resigned 2025-04-25
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Recent filings (47 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-17