ASHTIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01664917 · ltd · incorporated 1982-09-17

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

17 officers (4 active, 17 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

137 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-03-06
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2024-06-14
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2023-06-07
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2022-09-06
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2022-08-30
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2020-10-05
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2019-08-07
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2018-09-03
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2011-01-28
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DE BORCHGRAVE D'ALTENA, Patricia, Lady appointed
director
2011-01-28
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KUMP, Eric John resigned
director
2003-12-15
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KUMP, Eric John appointed
director
2003-12-01
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ROBERTS, James Alexander Thatcher resigned
director
2003-11-26
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PEARSON, Nicholas Paul appointed
secretary
2003-10-20
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ROBERTS, Sabrina resigned
secretary
2003-08-20
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FONG, Chooi appointed
director
2003-08-20
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CHRISTIAN, Juliet resigned
director
2000-09-22
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CHRISTIAN, Juliet resigned
secretary
2000-09-22
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ROBERTS, Sabrina appointed
secretary
1998-04-21
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CHRISTIAN, Juliet appointed
secretary
1998-04-21
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HAWKINS, Scott Richard resigned
secretary
1998-04-21
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HAWKINS, Roxanna Andrea resigned
director
1998-04-21
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HAWKINS, Scott Richard resigned
director
1998-04-21
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ROBERTS, James Alexander Thatcher appointed
director
1997-05-28
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HAWKINS, Scott Richard appointed
secretary
1997-05-28
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PAGE, Fiona Jane resigned
secretary
1997-05-28
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PAGE, Fiona Jane resigned
director
1995-07-24
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CHRISTIAN, Juliet appointed
director
1995-07-24
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WINFIELD, Nancy resigned
director
1995-03-01
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BERRY, Elizabeth Jane Rosemary resigned
director
1995-03-01
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HAWKINS, Roxanna Andrea appointed
director
1995-03-01
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HAWKINS, Scott Richard appointed
director
1992-03-31
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WINFIELD, David resigned
director
1992-03-31
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WINFIELD, Nancy appointed
director
1982-09-17
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Company incorporated
As ASHTIN LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Leonard Rakoff Individual · British · DOB 07/1939 · age 87	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Sir Robin Christian Howard Niblett Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Lady Patricia De Borchgrave D'Altena Individual · American · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% 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

Incorporated1982-09-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Mangerton Manor Farm House

Mangerton

Bridport

DT6 3SG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (4 active · 13 resigned)

PEARSON, Nicholas Paul→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-26

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Active

DE BORCHGRAVE D'ALTENA, Patricia, Lady→

director · ~65y · appointed 2011-01-28

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Active

FONG, Chooi→

director · ~72y · appointed 2003-08-20

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Active

RAKOFF, Ian Leonard→

director · ~87y

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Active

CHRISTIAN, Juliet→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-21 · resigned 2000-09-22

Resigned

HAWKINS, Scott Richard→

secretary · appointed 1997-05-28 · resigned 1998-04-21

Resigned

PAGE, Fiona Jane→

secretary · resigned 1997-05-28

Resigned

ROBERTS, Sabrina→

secretary · appointed 2000-09-22 · resigned 2003-10-20

Resigned

BERRY, Elizabeth Jane Rosemary→

director · ~77y · resigned 1995-03-01

Resigned

CHRISTIAN, Juliet→

director · ~58y · appointed 1995-07-24 · resigned 2003-08-20

Resigned

HAWKINS, Roxanna Andrea→

director · ~61y · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1998-04-21

Resigned

HAWKINS, Scott Richard→

director · ~70y · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1998-04-21

Resigned

KUMP, Eric John→

director · ~56y · appointed 2003-12-15 · resigned 2011-01-28

Resigned

PAGE, Fiona Jane→

director · ~64y · resigned 1997-05-28

Resigned

ROBERTS, James Alexander Thatcher→

director · ~57y · appointed 1998-04-21 · resigned 2003-12-01

Resigned

WINFIELD, David→

director · ~97y · resigned 1992-03-31

Resigned

WINFIELD, Nancy→

director · ~61y · appointed 1992-03-31 · resigned 1995-07-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (137 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

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change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

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officers · CH01

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

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change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-08-19

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address · AD02

2025-03-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-06

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2023-06-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-05

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officers · CH03

2022-09-07

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-09-06