ASHFIELD COURT (YORK) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00917958 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1967-10-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£21.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
45 officers (4 active, 45 linked, 40 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
162 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £21,058
Net assets shrinking
Down £282 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£21k
↓ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 1.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £21.1k | £21.3k |
| Current assets | £21.6k | £21.9k |
| Net assets | £21.1k | £21.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (96 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-24➖STOCKTON, Derek Frank resignedsecretary
- 2025-11-24➖STOCKTON, Derek Frank resigneddirector
- 2025-11-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-24📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-27📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-06-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-06-23➕STOCKTON, Derek Frank appointedsecretary
- 2022-06-23➕STOCKTON, Derek Frank appointeddirector
- 2022-06-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-06-15➖HALFORD, Maureen resigneddirector
- 2022-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-07-01➕PLOWMAN, Stuart Alan appointeddirector
- 2020-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-06-02➕PLOWMAN, Hilary appointeddirector
- 2020-06-01➖WOOD, Robert resigneddirector
- 2019-06-13📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-06-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-06-12➖HALFORD, Maureen resignedsecretary
- 2019-06-12➕HALFORD, Maureen appointeddirector
- 2019-06-03➕COWLES, Allwyne George appointeddirector
- 2018-07-08➖COWLES, Allwyne George resigneddirector
- 2017-08-30➖LONGDEN, Alice resigneddirector
- 2017-01-30➖BELL, Stuart resigneddirector
- 2016-05-26➕BELL, Stuart appointeddirector
- 2016-05-26➖JOHNSON, Philip resigneddirector
- 2016-05-26➕LONGDEN, Alice appointeddirector
- 2016-05-25➕HALFORD, Maureen appointedsecretary
- 2016-03-10➖CLARKSON, Michael resigneddirector
- 2015-12-09➖HALFORD, Maureen Anne resignedsecretary
- 2014-03-20➕JOHNSON, Philip appointeddirector
- 2014-03-20➖MITCHELL, Audrey resigneddirector
- 2013-12-02➕HALFORD, Maureen Anne appointedsecretary
- 2013-12-01➖MITCHELL, Audrey resignedsecretary
- 2013-12-01➖COWARD, Brenda Anne resigneddirector
- 2013-05-23➕DURKIN, Pauline Valerie appointeddirector
- 2013-05-23➖SHAW, Wendy resigneddirector
- 2010-06-01➕WOOD, Robert appointeddirector
- 2010-05-18➖MCCARTER, Robert James, Major resigneddirector
- 2006-10-30➖BUTTERWORTH, Stanley resigneddirector
- 2006-10-30➕CLARKSON, Michael appointeddirector
- 2005-08-24➕SHAW, Wendy appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 96 events
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 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
1 med ·2 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: STOCKTON, Derek Frank resigned 2025-11-24; STOCKTON, Derek Frank resigned 2025-11-24
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1967-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
Ashfield Court 27, Ashfield Court
Dringhouses
York
North Yorkshire
YO24 1QS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-11
Last: 2026-05-28
Officers (4 active · 41 resigned)
COWLES, Allwyne George→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2019-06-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DURKIN, Pauline Valerie→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2013-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PLOWMAN, Hilary→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2020-06-02
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PLOWMAN, Stuart Alan→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2020-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HALFORD, Maureen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2016-05-25 · resigned 2019-06-12
HALFORD, Maureen Anne→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-12-02 · resigned 2015-12-09
MITCHELL, Audrey→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-06-12 · resigned 2013-12-01
STOCKTON, Derek Frank→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2022-06-23 · resigned 2025-11-24
WALKER, Fred Butterwoth→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1992-06-12
ADAMS, Molly Frances→
Resigneddirector · ~112y · appointed 1998-05-05 · resigned 2000-05-08
BELL, Stuart→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2016-05-26 · resigned 2017-01-30
BOTT, Alan Keig→
Resigneddirector · ~106y · appointed 1997-05-08 · resigned 2000-05-08
BUTTERWORTH, Dorothy→
Resigneddirector · ~105y · appointed 2003-05-09 · resigned 2005-05-06
BUTTERWORTH, Stanley→
Resigneddirector · ~107y · appointed 2003-06-28 · resigned 2006-10-30
CHRISTIE, Audrey Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~98y · appointed 2000-12-04 · resigned 2003-12-01
CLARKSON, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2006-10-30 · resigned 2016-03-10
CLARSON, Margaret Brettelle→
Resigneddirector · ~102y · appointed 1992-06-12 · resigned 1995-05-11
CLAYTON, Barbara→
Resigneddirector · ~105y · resigned 1996-05-09
COUSINS, Kenneth Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~104y · appointed 1999-05-04 · resigned 2003-05-09
COWARD, Brenda Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~92y · appointed 2004-05-07 · resigned 2013-12-01
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Recent filings (162 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-06-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08