ASTRAL GROVE MANAGEMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive
07856390 · ltd · incorporated 2011-11-22
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-11-27
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    NELSON, Howard appointed
    director
  14. 2015-11-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2015-09-07
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    NELSON, Paula Jane appointed
    secretary
  16. 2015-09-07
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    NELSON, Paula Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2015-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-09-07
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  19. 2015-06-11
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    TURNER, Cyril Stephen resigned
    director
  20. 2014-04-04
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    ROBERTS, Jill resigned
    director
  21. 2011-11-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTRAL GROVE MANAGEMENT LTD
  22. 2011-11-22
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Jill appointed
    director
  23. 2011-11-22
    ➕
    TURNER, Cyril Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
  • 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 Howard Nelson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Paula Jane Nelson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-11-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

46 Astral Grove
Hucknall
Nottingham
NG15 6FY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

NELSON, Paula Jane→
secretary · appointed 2015-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NELSON, Howard→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-11-27
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Active
NELSON, Paula Jane→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-09-07
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Active
ROBERTS, Jill→
director · ~88y · appointed 2011-11-22 · resigned 2014-04-04
Resigned
TURNER, Cyril Stephen→
director · ~104y · appointed 2011-11-22 · resigned 2015-06-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-04