ASHRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03073011 · ltd · incorporated 1995-06-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,642
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,030 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£5k£8k£11k£13kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.6k£9.3k
Current assets£6.6k£13.4k
Net assets£2.6k£5.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-08
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  3. 2024-01-05
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  4. 2023-03-22
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  5. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-09
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  10. 2018-03-08
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  11. 2017-07-04
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  12. 2017-07-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-27
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  15. 2015-10-17
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  16. 2015-06-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1995-07-09
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    BOOCOCK, Paul Anthony appointed
    secretary
  18. 1995-07-09
    ➕
    BOOCOCK, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 1995-07-09
    ➕
    SALE, Caroline Ann appointed
    director
  20. 1995-07-09
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1995-07-09
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    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1995-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
  23. 1995-06-27
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-06-27
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Caroline Ann Sale
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Paul Anthony Boocock
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-06-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

1 Royal Road
St. Albans
AL1 4LQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOOCOCK, Paul Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1995-07-09
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Active
BOOCOCK, Paul Anthony→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-07-09
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Active
SALE, Caroline Ann→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-07-09
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Active
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-06-27 · resigned 1995-07-09
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-06-27 · resigned 1995-07-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

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2026-04-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
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2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-03