ASTUS RESEARCH LTD
🌳Matureactive
08686553 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-11
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
£9.26M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £9,262,410
Cash YoY
+73%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£27k
↑ 73% YoY
Net Worth
£9.3m
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£9.4m
↓ 8.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £9.26M | £9.01M |
| Current assets | £9.35M | £10.16M |
| Cash | £27.4k | £15.9k |
| Net assets | £9.26M | £9.01M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-09-30➖CODDAN SECRETARY SERVICE LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2013-09-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ASTUS RESEARCH LTD
- 2013-09-11➕DOMINGUES DE ALMEIDA, Pedro appointeddirector
- 2013-09-11➕VICENTE CONSTANTINO, Luis Filipe appointeddirector
- 2013-09-11➕CODDAN SECRETARY SERVICE LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Pedro Domingues De Almeida Individual · Portuguese · DOB 10/1959 · age 67 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Luis Filipe Vicente Constantino Individual · Portuguese · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account
Registered office
42 High Street, Wanstead
London
E11 2RJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DOMINGUES DE ALMEIDA, Pedro→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2013-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VICENTE CONSTANTINO, Luis Filipe→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2013-09-11
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CODDAN SECRETARY SERVICE LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2013-09-11 · resigned 2014-09-30
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Recent filings (48 total)
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