ASH OAKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00611005 · ltd · incorporated 1958-09-10

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

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£280.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -40% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £280,337

Net assets shrinking

Down £10,507 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 40% YoY

Cash YoY

-40%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£65k

↓ 40% YoY

Net Worth

£280k

↓ 3.6% YoY

Current Assets

£218k

↓ 3.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£285.3k	£298.7k
Current assets	£217.8k	£226.3k
Cash	£64.8k	£108.6k
Debtors	£16.7k	£7.0k
Net assets	£280.3k	£290.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2020-09-23
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second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2020-09-22
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2020-09-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-11-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2011-12-09
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GREEN, Felicity appointed
secretary
2011-12-09
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GREEN, Felicity appointed
director
2011-12-09
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GREEN, Malcolm Gordon appointed
director
2011-12-09
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BUGG, Jacqueline resigned
secretary
2011-12-09
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BUGG, Anthony Richard resigned
director
2011-12-09
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BUGG, Edna Molly resigned
director
2011-12-09
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BUGG, Jacqueline resigned
director
2011-12-09
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BUGG, Richard Stephen resigned
director
2010-09-20
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BUGG, Edna Molly appointed
director
2010-09-20
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BUGG, Jacqueline appointed
director
1958-09-10
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Company incorporated
As ASH OAKS LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 68 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Felicity Green Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1958-09-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Ash Oaks Farm

Higher Shaftesbury Road

Blandford

Dorset

DT11 8LD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-04

Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GREEN, Felicity→

secretary · appointed 2011-12-09

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Active

GREEN, Felicity→

director · ~71y · appointed 2011-12-09

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Active

GREEN, Malcolm Gordon→

director · ~76y · appointed 2011-12-09

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Active

BUGG, Jacqueline→

secretary · resigned 2011-12-09

Resigned

BUGG, Anthony Richard→

director · ~100y · resigned 2011-12-09

Resigned

BUGG, Edna Molly→

director · ~101y · appointed 2010-09-20 · resigned 2011-12-09

Resigned

BUGG, Jacqueline→

director · ~83y · appointed 2010-09-20 · resigned 2011-12-09

Resigned

BUGG, Richard Stephen→

director · ~74y · resigned 2011-12-09

Resigned

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