ASSET UTILITIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC283858 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-26
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 Apr 2024
Net worth
£49.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £49,243

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£49k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£784
Current Liabilities
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£0£10k£20k£30k£39k£49kApr 2023Apr 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-04-302023-04-30
Total assets£49.2k£33.3k
Current assets£784—
Net assets£49.2k£33.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-30
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  2. 2024-03-15
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  3. 2023-08-08
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  4. 2023-07-03
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  5. 2023-06-20
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    WYNN, Aaron James appointed
    director
  6. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-07-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
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  9. 2021-03-30
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  10. 2020-01-28
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  11. 2019-09-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-01-29
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  13. 2018-01-25
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  14. 2017-03-21
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  15. 2016-05-24
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  16. 2016-01-25
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  17. 2015-12-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2013-12-17
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    WYNN, Paula Marie resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-08-10
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    WYNN, Marc Lindsay resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-08-10
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    WYNN, Paula Marie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-08-10
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    BRUCE, Keith resigned
    director
  22. 2005-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ASSET UTILITIES LIMITED
  23. 2005-04-26
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    WYNN, Mark Lindsay appointed
    director
  24. 2005-04-26
    ➕
    WYNN, Marc Lindsay appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-04-26
    ➕
    BRUCE, Keith appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WYNN, Aaron James (same surname) appointed 2023-06-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mark Wynn
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2005-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

222 Overtown Road
Waterloo
Wishaw
ML2 8ET
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-05
Last: 2025-04-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WYNN, Aaron James→
director · ~28y · appointed 2023-06-20
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Active
WYNN, Mark Lindsay→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WYNN, Marc Lindsay→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-26 · resigned 2005-08-10
Resigned
WYNN, Paula Marie→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-10 · resigned 2013-12-17
Resigned
BRUCE, Keith→
director · ~87y · appointed 2005-04-26 · resigned 2005-08-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-28