ASTON GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09081870 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-11
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
77
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees300300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-04
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  3. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-01
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2024-07-01
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    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  7. 2024-05-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-05-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-05-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2024-04-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2024-03-25
    ➕
    FLYNN, Helena Caitlin Elizabeth appointed
    director
  12. 2024-03-25
    ➕
    PRIOR, Nicholas James Peter appointed
    director
  13. 2024-03-25
    ➖
    HOPKINS, Angela resigned
    secretary
  14. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-02-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  20. 2020-02-07
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    HOPKINS, Angela appointed
    secretary
  21. 2019-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2014-09-30
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    PRIOR, David Gifford Leathes, Lord appointed
    director
  23. 2014-09-30
    ➖
    RATCLIFFE, Simon Timothy James resigned
    director
  24. 2014-09-30
    ➖
    WALMSLEY, Neil Roderick resigned
    director
  25. 2014-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTON GROUP LIMITED
  26. 2014-06-11
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Simon Timothy James appointed
    director
  27. 2014-06-11
    ➕
    WALMSLEY, Neil Roderick 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PRIOR, Nicholas James Peter (same surname) appointed 2024-03-25. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-07-01: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2024-07-01: change-of-name-notice

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lord David Gifford Leathes Prior
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

Sixty Six
North Quay
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 1HE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

FLYNN, Helena Caitlin Elizabeth→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRIOR, David Gifford Leathes, Lord→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRIOR, Nicholas James Peter→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOPKINS, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2020-02-07 · resigned 2024-03-25
Resigned
RATCLIFFE, Simon Timothy James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-06-11 · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned
WALMSLEY, Neil Roderick→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-06-11 · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-07-01
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28