ASTBURY MERE TRUST

🌳Matureactive

02331405 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1988-12-29

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100)

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

50 officers (10 active, 50 linked, 47 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

184 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	1	100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (99 events)Click to expand

2026-02-06
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address · AD04
2026-01-21
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officers · TM01
2026-01-20
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EDWARDSON, Mark resigned
director
2025-11-13
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officers · TM01
2025-11-03
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officers · TM01
2025-10-28
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SPEED, Peter resigned
director
2025-10-28
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WOLFENDEN, Gavin resigned
director
2025-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
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officers · TM01
2025-07-15
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MORT, Lorraine Iris resigned
director
2025-04-28
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HUDSON, Clare Alexandra appointed
director
2025-04-28
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officers · AP01
2024-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-16
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EDWARDSON, Mark appointed
director
2024-05-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-10
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AKERS SMITH, Suzanne Marie, Cllr resigned
director
2024-01-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-16
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BROWN, David Thomas appointed
director
2023-10-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-10
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CRESSWELL, Alison resigned
director
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-10
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TAYLOR, Gillian Barbara resigned
director
2023-08-01
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officers · AP01
2023-08-01
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officers · AP01
2023-07-20
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EDWARDS, George Robert appointed
director
2023-07-20
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TAYLOR, Gillian Barbara appointed
director
2023-01-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-12
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WHITEHEAD, John Matthew resigned
director
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
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address · AD01
2022-03-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-08
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SILK, Jeannie resigned
director
2021-12-07
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HOWELL, Philip appointed
director
2021-03-09
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AKERS SMITH, Suzanne Marie, Cllr appointed
director
2020-12-31
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MINSHULL, Robert John resigned
director
2020-12-17
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WARDLAW, Elizabeth, Cllr resigned
director
2020-12-12
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SPEED, Peter appointed
director
2020-09-23
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BAYLEY, Nigel John resigned
director
2020-09-23
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CLOWES, Peter resigned
director
2020-02-17
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GARTSIDE, Margaret appointed
director
2019-09-30
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BAXENDALE, Gordon, Cllr resigned
director
2019-02-15
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CRESSWELL, Graham Francis appointed
director
2019-02-15
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MORT, Richard Brian appointed
director
2019-02-15
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CRESSWELL, Alison appointed
director
2019-02-15
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MORT, Lorraine Iris appointed
director
2018-12-10
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WHITEHEAD, Edward David resigned
director
2018-10-17
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DEAN, Sarah Jane appointed
secretary
2018-10-17
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DEAN, Sarah Jane appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 99 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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: EDWARDSON, Mark resigned 2026-01-20; MORT, Lorraine Iris resigned 2025-07-15; SPEED, Peter resigned 2025-10-28

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1988-12-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Trustee Office Astbury Mere Country Park

Sandy Lane

Congleton

Cheshire

CW12 4AW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23