ASHURST SHEET METALS LIMITED
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -44% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £582.3k | £477.3k |
| Current assets | £515.0k | £484.0k |
| Cash | £29.8k | £53.6k |
| Net assets | £492.6k | £452.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-01-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-01-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-01-17📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-01-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-12-28➕MARSHALL, Damian Leigh appointeddirector
- 2018-12-28➖SANDERSON, Elaine resignedsecretary
- 2018-12-28➖SANDERSON, Frederick James resigneddirector
- 2018-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 1994-11-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHURST SHEET METALS LIMITED
- 1994-11-25➕SANDERSON, Elaine appointedsecretary
- 1994-11-25➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1994-11-25➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1994-11-25➕SANDERSON, Frederick James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Dl Marshall Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dl Marshall Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 28/12/2018 |
Mr Damian Leigh Marshall Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 19/02/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Frederick James Sandersonceased 28/12/2018· 25-50% shares
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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