ASI BRANDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC167312 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-29

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 28.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 93). 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 28.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 28.9 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 (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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (8 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

142 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

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2025-10-23
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2025-08-07
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2025-08-07
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other · AGREEMENT2
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other · GUARANTEE2
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-05-10
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officers · CH01
2024-02-19
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-01-19
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accounts · AA
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officers · CH01
2023-12-19
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2023-12-19
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other · AGREEMENT2
2023-07-24
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2023-07-21
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2023-06-20
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2023-06-11
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SCOTT, Diana Winton resigned
director
2013-02-01
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RYAN, Duncan Clayton appointed
director
2013-02-01
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SCOTT, Ashley appointed
director
2013-02-01
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SCOTT, Clare Owen appointed
director
2009-01-27
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BRECHIN TINDAL OATTS resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-04-28
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BRECHIN TINDAL OATTS appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-04-28
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LEDINGHAM CHALMERS LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2000-09-27
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A & R ROBERTSON & BLACK resigned
corporate-secretary
2000-09-27
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LEDINGHAM CHALMERS LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
1997-11-21
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RYAN, Kirsten Margaret appointed
director
1997-11-21
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SCOTT, Craig Winton appointed
director
1997-11-21
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SCOTT, Ewan Charles appointed
director
1997-11-21
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SCOTT, Murray Arnold Ferrier appointed
director
1997-05-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1997-01-31
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SCOTT, Diana Winton appointed
director
1996-08-01
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SCOTT, Arnold appointed
director
1996-07-29
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Company incorporated
As ASI BRANDS LIMITED
1996-07-29
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1996-07-29
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1996-07-29
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A & R ROBERTSON & BLACK appointed
corporate-secretary
1996-07-29
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1996-07-29
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Group structure

Dameck Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dameck Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ASI BRANDS LIMITED

This company · SC167312

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dameck Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Kirsten Margaret Ryanceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · trust interest

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

Incorporated1996-07-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

Yard Road

Blairgowrie

Perthshire

PH10 6NW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-04

Last: 2025-07-21