A&S RESOURCES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09689714 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-16
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.76M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 £2,756,437

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2.8m
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£2.1m
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£551k£1.1m£1.7m£2.2m£2.8mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.81M£2.69M
Current assets£2.14M£2.07M
Net assets£2.76M£2.69M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-12-03
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-12-03
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  5. 2025-12-03
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  6. 2025-12-01
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    capital · SH08
  7. 2025-12-01
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    capital · SH10
  8. 2025-12-01
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  9. 2025-12-01
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  10. 2025-12-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2025-03-04
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2025-02-05
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  13. 2025-02-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2025-02-05
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  15. 2025-02-05
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  16. 2025-02-05
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  17. 2025-02-03
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    address · AD01
  18. 2024-07-23
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  19. 2024-07-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2023-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2015-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A&S RESOURCES LIMITED
  23. 2015-07-16
    ➕
    LOCKER, Arnold Arthur appointed
    director
  24. 2015-07-16
    ➕
    LOCKER, Stephanie Elaine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Arnold Arthur Locker
Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Stephanie Elaine Locker
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Kate Leah Laveryceased 24/11/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-07-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 7-8 Manor Court
Eastfield
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 3TU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LOCKER, Arnold Arthur→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-07-16
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Active
LOCKER, Stephanie Elaine→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-07-16
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Active

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-03
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-12-03
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-12-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-12-01
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-05