ASCEND TENDERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09362522 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-19
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 2024
Net worth
£132.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
34 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £132,738

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£133k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£185k
↑ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£37k£74k£111k£148k£185kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£133.5k£97.8k
Current assets£185.5k£117.3k
Net assets£132.7k£96.3k

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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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-08
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  2. 2024-08-15
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  3. 2023-05-24
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  4. 2022-10-14
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  6. 2022-08-12
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  10. 2022-05-26
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  11. 2021-08-16
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  12. 2020-05-27
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  13. 2019-08-21
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  14. 2018-12-19
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  15. 2018-12-19
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  16. 2018-08-10
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  17. 2018-01-03
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  18. 2018-01-01
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    WOOD, Andrew Richard appointed
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  19. 2014-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ASCEND TENDERING LIMITED
  20. 2014-12-19
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    WOOD, Emma Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2014-12-19
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    CHILDS, Emma Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2014-12-19
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    CHILDS, Emma Mary resigned
    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 65 — 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 65. 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 Andrew Richard Wood
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2018
Mrs Emma Mary Wood
Individual · British · DOB 03/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

101 Collett Road
Norton Fitzwarren
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 6DB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WOOD, Andrew Richard→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-01-01
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Active
WOOD, Emma Mary→
director · ~35y · appointed 2014-12-19
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Active
CHILDS, Emma Mary→
director · ~35y · appointed 2014-12-19 · resigned 2014-12-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-26
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address · AD01
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14