AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC316974 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-21

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Feb 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

24 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

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2023-11-28
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accounts · AA
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officers · TM01
2023-08-31
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HOWIE, Nicholas Alexander resigned
director
2023-01-30
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officers · CH01
2022-11-30
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accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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accounts · AA
2021-02-22
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2021-01-21
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JOHNSTONE, Alasdair Scott appointed
director
2021-01-21
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officers · AP01
2020-03-02
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HOWIE, Nicholas Alexander appointed
director
2020-03-02
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officers · AP01
2020-02-18
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MACQUEEN, Jonathan Rosedale Mordaunt resigned
director
2019-07-01
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TRIPP, Euan Charles Morgan appointed
director
2019-03-17
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KERR, John Neilson resigned
director
2014-03-17
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ANDERSON STRATHERN LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2013-12-13
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YOUNG, Colin Forrest Graham appointed
director
2012-05-15
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MURRAY, Rodger Grant resigned
director
2011-05-12
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CAMERON, Audrey Clare appointed
director
2011-02-28
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MACLEAN, Robert William resigned
director
2010-07-30
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MURRAY, Rodger Grant appointed
director
2007-12-06
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FARQUHAR, Bruce appointed
director
2007-12-06
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MACLEAN, Robert William appointed
director
2007-12-06
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MACQUEEN, Jonathan Rosedale Mordaunt appointed
director
2007-11-26
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ANDERSON STRATHERN LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-26
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ANDERSON STRATHERN LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-11-26
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ANDERSON STRATHERN LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-26
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ANDERSON STRATHERN WS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-02-21
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Company incorporated
As AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED
2007-02-21
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BROWN, Simon Thomas David appointed
director
2007-02-21
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ANDERSON STRATHERN WS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-02-21
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KERR, John Neilson appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Anderson Strathern Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Anderson Strathern Llp

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

ultimate parent

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AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED

This company · SC316974

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
Anderson Strathern Llp Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-02-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

C/O Anderson Strathern Llp

58 Morrison Street

Edinburgh

EH3 8BP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21