ASKEW GLASS LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (78/100)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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £113.7k |
| Current assets | — | £80.0k |
| Net assets | — | £65.1k |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
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.
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Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-31📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-10-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-10-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ASKEW GLASS LIMITED
- 2010-10-05➕KALLAH, Davinder Singh 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Davinder Singh Kallah Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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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