A.S.A.P. CONTRACTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC184722 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-09
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 21.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.6y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.6 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
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
70 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
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2023Apr 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-04-302023-04-30
Average employees500500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-30
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  2. 2024-04-30
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  3. 2023-04-30
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  4. 2022-04-30
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  5. 2020-11-25
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  6. 2020-01-31
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  7. 2019-01-31
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  8. 2018-01-31
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  9. 2017-01-31
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  10. 2016-05-04
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  11. 2016-01-29
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  12. 2015-05-27
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  13. 2014-09-22
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  14. 2014-04-09
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  15. 2013-08-12
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  16. 2004-09-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 1998-04-09
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    Company incorporated
    As A.S.A.P. CONTRACTS LTD.
  18. 1998-04-09
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    HANNAWAY, Peter appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-04-09
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    HANNAWAY, John Burns appointed
    director
  20. 1998-04-09
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    HANNAWAY, Peter appointed
    director
  21. 1998-04-09
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    TRAINER, Diane appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-04-09
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    TRAINER, Diane resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-04-09
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    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 1998-04-09
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 1998-04-09
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    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 1998-04-09
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +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
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 John Hannaway
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Peter Hannaway
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-04-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Cairnhill Cottage Sikeside Road
Airdrie
Lanarkshire
ML6 9RH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HANNAWAY, Peter→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-09
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Active
HANNAWAY, John Burns→
director · ~55y · appointed 1998-04-09
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Active
HANNAWAY, Peter→
director · ~57y · appointed 1998-04-09
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Active
TRAINER, Diane→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-09 · resigned 1998-04-09
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
nominee-director · ~56y · appointed 1998-04-09 · resigned 1998-04-09
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1998-04-09 · resigned 1998-04-09
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
Bond & floating charge1 property08/09/2004—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
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accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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2024-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
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accounts · AA
2023-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-31