ASPIRE TRADE SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC500017 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-10
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 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£75
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 8.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £75
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,840 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£75
↓ 96% YoY
Current Assets
£142k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £25.6k | £37.3k |
| Current assets | £142.2k | £211.1k |
| Net assets | £75 | £1.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-01➕SNEDDON, Scott appointeddirector
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12➕COWAN & PARTNERS LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2024-12-12➖SMITH, Chelsea Jade resignedsecretary
- 2024-12-12📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2024-12-12📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-01-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-11-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-10-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-13➕SMITH, Chelsea Jade appointedsecretary
- 2022-04-13📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-09-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-02-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ASPIRE TRADE SERVICES LIMITED
- 2015-03-10➕FYFFE, Ricky James Leonard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Rjl Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Rjl Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ASPIRE TRADE SERVICES LIMITED
This company · SC500017
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rjl Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 17/04/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ricky James Leonard Fyffeceased 17/04/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Registered office
28 Salamander Street
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH6 7HZ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
COWAN & PARTNERS LTD→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2024-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FYFFE, Ricky James Leonard→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2015-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SNEDDON, Scott→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2025-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Chelsea Jade→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2022-04-13 · resigned 2024-12-12
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 31/10/2022 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/06/2017 | 12/01/2023 |
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Recent filings (37 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-12-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-01-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-04-13