AASHIP'TEC LTD

💤Zombieactive
08774063 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-13
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£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
Average employees100100

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-12-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2022-12-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AASHIP'TEC LTD
  17. 2013-11-13
    SANTOS, Jorge Alberto appointed
    director

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Briony Santos
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
2550%
25-50% shares05/12/2022
Mr Jorge Alberto Santos
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
2550%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting13/11/2016

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
Incorporated2013-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

179 Hull Road
Anlaby
Hull
Horth Humberside
HU10 6ST

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SANTOS, Jorge Alberto
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-11-13
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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-28