ASPIRE MEMBRANES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC362312 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-08
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 14.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 14.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees21001700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-05
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  2. 2025-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-05-14
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  5. 2025-05-09
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2025-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-04-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2016-08-01
    ➕
    WOODS, Daniel Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2016-07-31
    ➖
    MORRISON, Andrew Irving resigned
    director
  19. 2015-08-16
    ➖
    GLANAS, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  20. 2011-07-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2009-08-18
    ➕
    CLARK, Bruce appointed
    director
  22. 2009-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ASPIRE MEMBRANES LIMITED
  23. 2009-07-08
    ➕
    GLANAS, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  24. 2009-07-08
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2009-07-08
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2009-07-08
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  27. 2009-07-08
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  28. 2009-07-08
    ➕
    MORRISON, Andrew Irving appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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 Bruce Clark
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/07/2016
Mr Daniel Robert Woods
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-07-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

Unit 1 Burnmill Road
Leven
Fife
KY8 4RA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CLARK, Bruce→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODS, Daniel Robert→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLANAS, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-08 · resigned 2015-08-16
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-07-08 · resigned 2009-07-08
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-07-08 · resigned 2009-07-08
Resigned
MORRISON, Andrew Irving→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-07-08 · resigned 2016-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property20/07/2011—
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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-15
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-05-14
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03