ASHBY-DE-LA ZOUCH MUSEUM

🌳Matureactive

01705930 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1983-03-11

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£91.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed leisure with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

47 officers (11 active, 47 linked, 42 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

162 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £91,053

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£91k

↑ 3.8% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

↑ 98% 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	£91.1k	£87.7k
Current assets	£10.1k	£5.1k
Net assets	£91.1k	£87.7k

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 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (101 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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officers · AP01
2025-11-14
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accounts · AA
2025-09-29
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officers · AP01
2025-09-29
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officers · AP01
2025-09-16
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PEARSON, John appointed
director
2025-09-16
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REVILL, David appointed
director
2025-09-13
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BERRY, Brian Gwylim appointed
director
2025-06-06
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officers · TM01
2025-06-06
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officers · TM01
2025-05-30
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LUMSDEN, Mary resigned
director
2025-05-20
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EDWARDS, Angela Mary resigned
director
2025-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-01-25
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officers · TM01
2025-01-13
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BINGLEY, Christopher resigned
director
2024-01-08
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accounts · AA
2023-12-11
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officers · AP01
2023-12-11
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officers · AP01
2023-12-01
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AKED, Simon appointed
director
2023-12-01
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JEFFREY, Carys appointed
director
2023-04-12
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incorporation · MA
2023-04-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-05
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officers · AP01
2023-03-01
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LUMSDEN, Mary appointed
director
2022-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-09-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-09-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-26
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officers · TM01
2022-09-17
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WILSON, John appointed
secretary
2022-09-17
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WILSON, John appointed
director
2022-09-17
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LAWES, Michael John resigned
secretary
2022-09-17
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WALTON, Carol resigned
director
2021-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
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officers · AP01
2021-10-09
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GREENHOW, Kelvin William appointed
director
2021-07-07
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PEARSON, John resigned
director
2021-07-07
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SAUNDERS, Stephen resigned
director
2020-09-26
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DIXON, Patricia Anne resigned
director
2020-09-26
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PETERSON, Sally Dorothy resigned
director
2020-06-01
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BERRY, Brian Gwylim resigned
director
2019-07-07
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COXON, George Eric, Dr resigned
director
2018-11-14
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BARWOOD, Janet Patricia appointed
director
2018-11-14
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HALLAM, Ivan Keith appointed
director
2018-11-14
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JONES, Robert Owen resigned
director
2018-07-16
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PETERSON, Sally Dorothy appointed
director
2018-07-01
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MILLER, John Joseph resigned
director
2018-03-14
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PEARSON, John appointed
director
2018-03-14
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PILGRIM, Rosemary resigned
director
2017-09-16
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HARDY, Michael resigned
director
2016-09-17
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EDWARDS, Angela Mary appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 101 events

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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-20

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1983-03-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

North Street

Ashby-De-La-Zouch

Leicestershire

LE65 1HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-20OVERDUE

Last: 2025-07-06