ASHFORD ASSOCIATES (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02653986 · ltd · incorporated 1991-10-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£246.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 8 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £245,996

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£246k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£287k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£73k£147k£220k£293k£367kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£246.0k£242.4k
Current assets£286.7k£366.9k
Net assets£246.0k£235.1k

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
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Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-23
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  3. 2023-09-26
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  4. 2022-11-03
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  5. 2022-07-08
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  6. 2021-12-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-11-01
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    RAWAL, Sanjay appointed
    director
  8. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-24
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  10. 2019-06-28
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  11. 2018-08-28
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  12. 2018-03-19
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  13. 2017-09-01
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  14. 2017-07-05
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  15. 2017-04-24
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-04-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Krishna Kumar Rawal
  17. 2016-11-09
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    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2012-11-01
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    ASHFORD ASSOCIATES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-02-11
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    RAWAL, Kalpana appointed
    director
  20. 2005-08-04
    ➖
    VYAS, Kunal resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-08-04
    ➕
    ASHFORD ASSOCIATES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-08-04
    ➖
    VYAS, Shital resigned
    director
  23. 2004-05-01
    ➕
    VYAS, Kunal appointed
    director
  24. 2003-10-01
    ➖
    RAWAL, Kalpana resigned
    director
  25. 1999-07-28
    ➕
    RAWAL, Kalpana appointed
    director
  26. 1999-06-01
    ➕
    VYAS, Shital appointed
    director
  27. 1999-01-06
    ➖
    VYAS, Shital resigned
    director
  28. 1998-11-20
    ➖
    RAWAL, Kalpana resigned
    director
  29. 1997-06-01
    ➖
    BHATT, Sharad resigned
    secretary
  30. 1997-06-01
    ➕
    VYAS, Kunal appointed
    secretary
  31. 1997-06-01
    ➖
    VYAS, Shital resigned
    secretary
  32. 1996-11-01
    ➕
    RAWAL, Kalpana appointed
    director
  33. 1994-12-01
    ➕
    BHATT, Sharad appointed
    secretary
  34. 1994-12-01
    ➖
    RAWAL, Kalpana resigned
    director
  35. 1991-10-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASHFORD ASSOCIATES (UK) LIMITED
  36. 1991-10-15
    ➕
    VYAS, Shital appointed
    secretary
  37. 1991-10-15
    ➕
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 1991-10-15
    ➖
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1991-10-15
    ➕
    RAWAL, Kalpana appointed
    director
  40. 1991-10-15
    ➕
    BUYVIEW LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 1991-10-15
    ➖
    BUYVIEW LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — RAWAL, Sanjay (same surname) appointed 2021-11-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kunal Vyas
Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest10/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Kunal Vyasceased 10/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

74a High Street Wanstead
London
E11 2RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)

RAWAL, Kalpana→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAWAL, Sanjay→
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VYAS, Kunal→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHATT, Sharad→
secretary · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 1997-06-01
Resigned
VYAS, Kunal→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-01 · resigned 2005-08-04
Resigned
VYAS, Shital→
secretary · appointed 1991-10-15 · resigned 1997-06-01
Resigned
AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-10-15 · resigned 1991-10-15
Resigned
ASHFORD ASSOCIATES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-08-04 · resigned 2012-11-01
Resigned
RAWAL, Kalpana→
director · ~79y · appointed 1999-07-28 · resigned 2003-10-01
Resigned
RAWAL, Kalpana→
director · ~79y · appointed 1996-11-01 · resigned 1998-11-20
Resigned
RAWAL, Kalpana→
director · ~79y · appointed 1991-10-15 · resigned 1994-12-01
Resigned
VYAS, Shital→
director · ~53y · appointed 1999-06-01 · resigned 2005-08-04
Resigned
VYAS, Shital→
director · ~53y · resigned 1999-01-06
Resigned
BUYVIEW LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-10-15 · resigned 1991-10-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Krishna Kumar Rawal
A registered charge—18/04/2017—
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Recent filings (111 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-20