ASHLEY STEWART LTD.

💤Zombieactive
02740833 · ltd · incorporated 1992-08-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees100-200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-18
    ➕
    ARNOLD GUISE ASSOCIATES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  10. 2019-01-18
    ➖
    WKH COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2019-01-18
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  12. 2019-01-18
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2019-01-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-09-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2005-10-12
    ➖
    STAPELY HUNT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2005-10-12
    ➕
    WKH COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1996-01-25
    ➖
    COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1996-01-24
    ➕
    STAPELY HUNT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1993-04-29
    ➖
    JACKSON, Rawn Keith resigned
    secretary
  23. 1993-04-28
    ➕
    COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1992-08-19
    ➕
    JACKSON, Rawn Keith appointed
    secretary
  25. 1992-08-19
    ➖
    KCCF LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1992-08-19
    ➖
    AARON AND AARON ASSOCIATES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1992-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHLEY STEWART LTD.
  28. 1992-08-18
    ➕
    KCCF LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1992-08-18
    ➕
    AARON AND AARON ASSOCIATES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1992-05-19
    ➕
    JACKSON, Amanda Jane Crichton appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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
Ms Amanda Jane Crichton Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1992-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

7 Cockhall Close
Litlington
Royston
SG8 0RB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

ARNOLD GUISE ASSOCIATES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACKSON, Amanda Jane Crichton→
director · ~71y · appointed 1992-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACKSON, Rawn Keith→
secretary · appointed 1992-08-19 · resigned 1993-04-29
Resigned
COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-04-28 · resigned 1996-01-25
Resigned
KCCF LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-08-18 · resigned 1992-08-19
Resigned
STAPELY HUNT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-01-24 · resigned 2005-10-12
Resigned
WKH COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-10-12 · resigned 2019-01-18
Resigned
AARON AND AARON ASSOCIATES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-08-18 · resigned 1992-08-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

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2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-03