A-SAFE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
13955846 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-04
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20160
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-11-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-10-22📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-10-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-16📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-04-13📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-04-12➕DUNPONT, Carla appointeddirector
- 2024-04-12➕GROB, Thomas appointeddirector
- 2024-03-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-28📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-03-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-03-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2023-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-05-23📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-04-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-11-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-03-04🏢Company incorporatedAs A-SAFE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2022-03-04➕SMITH, James Richard appointeddirector
- 2022-03-04➕SMITH, Luke Thomas appointeddirector
Owner dependency
48/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 high ·Confirmation statement overdue
highAnnual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-09
Group structure
Jl Family Co Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
Jl Family Co Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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A-SAFE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 13955846
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jl Family Co Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/11/2022 |
Mr James Richard Smith Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 07/11/2022 |
Mr Luke Thomas Smith Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 04/03/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 FORTY ONE LTD→ 06871848 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| 3D WORKTOP SOLUTIONS LTD→ 07525811 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| A T GRAPHICS (WY) LTD→ 10153367 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| A-GUARD LTD→ 13081562 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| A-SAFE HQ LTD→ 05407505 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| A.Z.O. LIMITED→ 02828288 · est 1993 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 32y | — | — |
| ADORA BEDS LTD→ 11779950 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ADVANCE ENGINEERING (HX) LTD→ 04581228 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| AG JOINERY & BUILDING MAINTENANCE LTD→ 13961365 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20160 — SIC 20160
Registered office
Habergham Works
Ainley Industrial Estate
Elland
West Yorkshire
HX5 9JP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-25
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
DUNPONT, Carla→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2024-04-12
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GROB, Thomas→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2024-04-12
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SMITH, James Richard→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2022-03-04
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SMITH, Luke Thomas→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2022-03-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/03/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-14
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-19
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-04-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-04-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-28