ASW FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive
10115321 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-10
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
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: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 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
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-04-06
    ➕
    WHEELER, Camilla appointed
    director
  7. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-01-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2016-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ASW FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LTD
  18. 2016-04-10
    ➕
    WHEELER, Andrew Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 58. 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Stephen Wheeler
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest10/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Ramshurst Farm Bulls Lane
Wishaw
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B76 9QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WHEELER, Andrew Stephen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-04-10
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Active
WHEELER, Camilla→
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-04-06
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-15