AWGB TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08425064 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-01

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	2	300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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officers · TM01
2025-09-15
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GORDON, Steven James resigned
director
2025-05-01
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accounts · AA
2025-04-24
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2025-04-24
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officers · AP01
2025-04-17
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officers · TM01
2025-04-13
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WILSON, Michael Barry appointed
director
2025-04-13
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CULTER, Roger Charles, Rev’D resigned
director
2025-04-13
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GORDON, Steven James appointed
director
2024-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
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officers · AP01
2024-04-23
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officers · AP01
2024-04-22
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officers · TM01
2024-04-22
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2024-04-22
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officers · TM01
2024-04-14
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ROGERS, George Hutchinson, The Revd Canon appointed
director
2024-04-14
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BELCHER, Jeffrey John resigned
director
2024-04-14
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CULTER, Roger Charles, Rev’D appointed
director
2024-04-14
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GIBBS, Russell Adrian resigned
director
2024-04-14
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MANSFIELD, Michael Charles resigned
director
2023-05-04
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accounts · AA
2022-07-07
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officers · AP03
2022-06-26
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MILHAM, Bryan Patrick appointed
secretary
2022-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
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officers · AP01
2022-03-21
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officers · TM01
2022-03-20
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GIBBS, Russell Adrian appointed
director
2022-03-20
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HANNABY, Paul Ian resigned
director
2021-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-28
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EVANS, Stephen John William resigned
director
2020-02-01
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PEACHEY, John Henry resigned
director
2020-02-01
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PHEBEY, Roger Hall resigned
director
2020-01-18
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LYONS, Peter John resigned
director
2020-01-04
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PHEBEY, Roger Hall appointed
director
2019-10-28
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EVANS, Stephen John William appointed
director
2019-10-20
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PEACHEY, John Henry appointed
director
2019-10-05
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LYONS, Peter John appointed
director
2019-10-05
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MANSFIELD, Michael Charles appointed
director
2019-04-14
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HOGAN, Mark Anthony William resigned
director
2018-02-16
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HOGAN, Mark Anthony William appointed
director
2018-01-01
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HANNABY, Paul Ian appointed
director
2017-12-31
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ATKINSON, David William resigned
director
2016-02-29
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COATES, Andrew Philip resigned
director
2015-04-26
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BELCHER, Jeffrey John appointed
director
2013-03-01
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Company incorporated
As AWGB TRADING LIMITED
2013-03-01
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ATKINSON, David William appointed
director
2013-03-01
➕
COATES, Andrew Philip appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

The Association Of Woodturners Of Gb is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Association Of Woodturners Of Gb

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AWGB TRADING LIMITED

This company · 08425064

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Association Of Woodturners Of Gb Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/01/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David William Atkinsonceased 31/12/2017· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Incorporated2013-03-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

36 Crown Rise

Watford

WD25 0NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-10

Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

MILHAM, Bryan Patrick→

secretary · appointed 2022-06-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROGERS, George Hutchinson, The Revd Canon→

director · ~75y · appointed 2024-04-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WILSON, Michael Barry→

director · ~83y · appointed 2025-04-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ATKINSON, David William→

director · ~71y · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2017-12-31

Resigned

BELCHER, Jeffrey John→

director · ~79y · appointed 2015-04-26 · resigned 2024-04-14

Resigned

COATES, Andrew Philip→

director · ~63y · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2016-02-29

Resigned

CULTER, Roger Charles, Rev’D→

director · ~77y · appointed 2024-04-14 · resigned 2025-04-13

Resigned

EVANS, Stephen John William→

director · ~74y · appointed 2019-10-28 · resigned 2021-03-28

Resigned

GIBBS, Russell Adrian→

director · ~70y · appointed 2022-03-20 · resigned 2024-04-14

Resigned

GORDON, Steven James→

director · ~54y · appointed 2025-04-13 · resigned 2025-09-15

Resigned

HANNABY, Paul Ian→

director · ~60y · appointed 2018-01-01 · resigned 2022-03-20

Resigned

HOGAN, Mark Anthony William→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-02-16 · resigned 2019-04-14

Resigned

LYONS, Peter John→

director · ~79y · appointed 2019-10-05 · resigned 2020-01-18

Resigned

MANSFIELD, Michael Charles→

director · ~79y · appointed 2019-10-05 · resigned 2024-04-14

Resigned

PEACHEY, John Henry→

director · ~60y · appointed 2019-10-20 · resigned 2020-02-01

Resigned

PHEBEY, Roger Hall→

director · ~84y · appointed 2020-01-04 · resigned 2020-02-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-28

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-09-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-01

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-04-24

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-04-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-04-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-24

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-04-23

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-04-23

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officers · TM01

2024-04-22

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officers · TM01

2024-04-22

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officers · TM01

2024-04-22