ASTRA HYGIENE SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC122088 · ltd · incorporated 1989-12-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 36.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£335.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46750
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 36.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £335,067
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,777 YoY
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£204k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£335k
↓ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£419k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£85k£169k£254k£338k£423kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£337.1k£348.5k
Current assets£418.6k£422.7k
Cash£203.6k£182.4k
Debtors£133.6k£150.6k
Net assets£335.1k£343.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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  2. 2024-07-08
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  3. 2024-01-08
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  4. 2023-12-15
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    CAMPBELL, Alison Marion appointed
    director
  5. 2023-09-01
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  6. 2022-09-21
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  7. 2021-12-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  8. 2021-12-15
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    MURRAY, Alison Margaret appointed
    director
  9. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2020-12-15
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  11. 2020-11-06
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  12. 2020-10-20
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  13. 2019-07-03
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  14. 2019-05-14
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  15. 2019-05-14
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  16. 2019-05-14
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  17. 2019-05-14
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  18. 2018-07-25
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  19. 2012-03-31
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    MURRAY, Alison Margaret resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-03-31
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    MURRAY, Alison Margaret resigned
    director
  21. 2006-12-15
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    MCFAUL, Derek Jackson appointed
    director
  22. 2006-12-15
    ➕
    MURRAY, Alison Margaret appointed
    director
  23. 2004-02-09
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, George resigned
    secretary
  24. 2004-02-08
    ➕
    MURRAY, Alison Margaret appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-08-01
    ➖
    WILSON, Ronald John resigned
    director
  26. 1994-04-06
    ➕
    WILSON, Ronald John appointed
    director
  27. 1990-04-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  28. 1990-02-02
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, George appointed
    director
  29. 1990-02-02
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, George appointed
    secretary
  30. 1989-12-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTRA HYGIENE SUPPLIES LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mr George Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Alison Marion Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1945 · age 81
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
Incorporated1989-12-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46750 — SIC 46750

Registered office

Unit 6
The Griffon Centre
Vale Of Leven Industrial Estate
Dumbarton
G82 3PD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Alison Marion→
director · ~81y · appointed 2023-12-15
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Active
CAMPBELL, George→
director · ~76y · appointed 1990-02-02
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Active
MCFAUL, Derek Jackson→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-12-15
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Active
MURRAY, Alison Margaret→
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-12-15
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Active
CAMPBELL, George→
secretary · appointed 1990-02-02 · resigned 2004-02-09
Resigned
MURRAY, Alison Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-08 · resigned 2012-03-31
Resigned
MURRAY, Alison Margaret→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2012-03-31
Resigned
WILSON, Ronald John→
director · ~59y · appointed 1994-04-06 · resigned 1997-08-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property12/04/1990—
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Recent filings (108 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-06