AWAY STORAGE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10977162 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-22
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.5y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
30 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£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

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-06-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2022-12-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Independent Security Trustee Limited (As Security Trustee)
  10. 2022-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-09-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-03-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-03-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2019-03-10
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    ADAMS, Anthony resigned
    director
  20. 2019-03-10
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    VAN ADRICHEM, Mark Thomas Adriaan resigned
    director
  21. 2019-03-10
    ➖
    WRIGHT, Christopher resigned
    director
  22. 2018-09-19
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    LANYON, Richard Cruddas Bennicke appointed
    director
  23. 2017-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AWAY STORAGE LIMITED
  24. 2017-09-22
    ➕
    YATES, Christian appointed
    director
  25. 2017-09-22
    ➕
    ADAMS, Anthony appointed
    director
  26. 2017-09-22
    ➕
    VAN ADRICHEM, Mark Thomas Adriaan appointed
    director
  27. 2017-09-22
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Christian Yates
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/09/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Christopher Wrightceased 10/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2017-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

The Long Barn 5 Church Close
Todber
Sturminster Newton
DT10 1JH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-11
Last: 2025-07-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LANYON, Richard Cruddas Bennicke→
director · ~68y · appointed 2018-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YATES, Christian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Anthony→
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-09-22 · resigned 2019-03-10
Resigned
VAN ADRICHEM, Mark Thomas Adriaan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-09-22 · resigned 2019-03-10
Resigned
WRIGHT, Christopher→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-09-22 · resigned 2019-03-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Independent Security Trustee (As Security Trustee)
Independent Security Trustee Limited (As Security Trustee)
A registered charge—22/12/2022—
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-07