ASTRA FIXING & IRONMONGERY SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10042941 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46730
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46740SIC 46740
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees5400

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
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
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-10
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    ELLIS, Steven James appointed
    director
  4. 2024-04-10
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-04-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-04-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-03
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-12-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-12-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-11-16
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-16
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-09-28
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2018-09-21
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    address · AD01
  19. 2018-07-18
    ➕
    ELLIS, Antony James appointed
    director
  20. 2018-07-18
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    BENNEY, Christopher resigned
    director
  21. 2016-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTRA FIXING & IRONMONGERY SUPPLIES LIMITED
  22. 2016-03-04
    ➕
    BENNEY, Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven James Ellis
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting26/03/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Antony James Ellisceased 26/03/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mr Christopher Benneyceased 18/07/2018· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2016-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46730 — SIC 46730

Registered office

Unit A The Minerva Business Park
Brunel Road
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 4PJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ELLIS, Antony James→
director · ~79y · appointed 2018-07-18
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Active
ELLIS, Steven James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-04-10
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Active
BENNEY, Christopher→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-03-04 · resigned 2018-07-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-20