THE EDINGTON STATION YARD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02852735 · ltd · incorporated 1993-09-13

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 32.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.6y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 32.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (9 active, 21 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

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	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	5	500

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

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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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-29
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GRIST, Miriam Ruth appointed
director
2026-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-17
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-date
capital · SH03
2025-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-06-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-11
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PINSON, Sheila Ann appointed
director
2021-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-03
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MITCHELL, Eric Harvey resigned
director
2021-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-02-17
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2019-10-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-17
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PETERSEN, Josephine Mary Teresa resigned
director
2019-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-11-23
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DAVIES, Philip Brian appointed
director
2018-11-23
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THRELFALL, Philip appointed
director
2018-11-23
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PETERSEN, Josephine Mary Teresa appointed
director
2018-05-23
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MULLIGAN-SCAIFE, Bryan Hubert resigned
director
2015-06-26
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MCGREGOR-JOHNSON, Stuart appointed
secretary
2015-06-26
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BUCKMAN, Nicholas John resigned
secretary
2015-06-26
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BUCKMAN, Nicholas John, Mr. resigned
director
2015-05-14
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D'ARCY, John Nicholas appointed
director
2015-05-14
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MCGREGOR-JOHNSON, Stuart appointed
director
2013-07-08
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BUCKMAN, Nicholas John appointed
secretary
2013-07-08
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MULLIGAN-SCAIFE, Bryan Hubert resigned
secretary
2012-09-21
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BUCKMAN, Nicholas John, Mr. appointed
director
2012-09-06
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ALLANSON BAILEY, Peter resigned
director
2010-10-01
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COOPER, Anthony Rupert Valentine resigned
director
2009-05-29
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MITCHELL, Eric Harvey appointed
director
2008-09-02
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2008-07-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2007-04-04
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FOWLER, Anthony William resigned
director
2003-05-20
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ATTERTON, Charles Spencer James appointed
director
1999-05-06
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ALLANSON BAILEY, Peter appointed
director
1999-05-06
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STAFFORD-DEITSCH, Nicholas Linder resigned
director
1997-04-28
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PEPLER, William John appointed
director
1997-04-28
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BUSH, John Barnard resigned
director
1996-02-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1993-11-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1993-10-01
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MULLIGAN-SCAIFE, Bryan Hubert appointed
secretary
1993-10-01
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WYLD, Jonathan Robert resigned
secretary
1993-10-01
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FOWLER, Anthony William appointed
director

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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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-09-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Holloway House Epsom Square

White Horse Business Park

Trowbridge

Wiltshire

BA14 0XG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-29

Last: 2025-09-15