POWASONIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09798944 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-29
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.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46150
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-06-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2015-09-29
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    Company incorporated
    As POWASONIC LIMITED
  17. 2015-09-29
    ➕
    HULME, Caroline appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-29
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    HULME, Philip appointed
    director
  19. 2015-09-29
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  20. 2015-09-29
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mrs Caroline Hulme
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2018
Mr Philip Hulme
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
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
Incorporated2015-09-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46150 — SIC 46150

Registered office

Unit 1 Denton Hall Farm Road
Denton
Manchester
M34 2SX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HULME, Caroline→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HULME, Philip→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2015-09-29 · resigned 2015-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-23