ASTRO TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD

🌳Matureactive

09676144 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-08

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£125

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £125

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£125

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Net assets	£125	£125

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-03-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-09
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-30
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-02-18
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SMITH, Stephen Sidney Charles appointed
director
2019-02-18
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TROLLOPE, Robert appointed
director
2015-07-08
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Company incorporated
As ASTRO TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD
2015-07-08
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HODGES, Steve appointed
secretary
2015-07-08
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HODGES, Steven John appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

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.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Sidney Charles Smith Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/02/2019
Mr Robert Trollope Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/02/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Steve Hodgesceased 17/02/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-07-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

2nd Floor, Maritime Place Quayside

Chatham Maritime

Chatham

Kent

ME4 4QZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

HODGES, Steve→

secretary · appointed 2015-07-08

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Active

HODGES, Steven John→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-07-08

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Active

SMITH, Stephen Sidney Charles→

director · ~70y · appointed 2019-02-18

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Active

TROLLOPE, Robert→

director · ~72y · appointed 2019-02-18

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Active

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Recent filings (44 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-05-21

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-07-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-11

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-11

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-07-11

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

accounts · AA

2025-04-28

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-03-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-03-03

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-03-03

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-03-03

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-03-03

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2024-07-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-07-08