ASTROCYMRU LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10974368 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-21
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-05-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-05-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-10-19➕WILLIAMS, Jerry appointeddirector
- 2017-09-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ASTROCYMRU LTD
- 2017-09-21➕WRIDE, Emma Louise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Emma Louise Wride Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/09/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Jerry Williamsceased 25/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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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| AL SAFAH QURAN ACADEMY LTD→ 16203024 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AMAMA SANCTUARY CIC→ 16980766 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ARC EDUCATION CONSULTANCY LTD→ 16840843 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRE AND LEARN LTD→ 08784755 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| ASPIRE INTERNATIONAL TUTORS LTD→ 10358553 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ASRA EDUCATIONSS LTD→ 16938115 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASSERO TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 14624683 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ASTRONAUT LEADERSHIP LIMITED→ 09214968 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| ATHEORY EDUCATION LTD→ 15600509 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ATLANTIC COLLEGE ENTERPRISES LIMITED→ 07734369 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-09-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services
Registered office
Yr Ty Olaf 68 Standard View
Ynyshir
Porth
Mid Glamorgan
CF39 0HR
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WILLIAMS, Jerry→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2017-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WRIDE, Emma Louise→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2017-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (37 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-15