ASHMORE (DORSET) MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03088508 · ltd · incorporated 1995-08-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£5
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
17 officers (5 active, 17 linked, 10 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £5

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£5
~ YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£7.6k£6.3k
Current assets£7.6k£6.3k
Net assets£5£5

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-01
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-08-04
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  5. 2022-08-04
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  6. 2022-08-04
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  7. 2022-08-04
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-07-25
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    BALL, John Adrian appointed
    director
  9. 2022-07-25
    ➕
    STROUD, Edward Charles appointed
    director
  10. 2022-07-25
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    FEATHERSTONE, Andrew Anthony Rathbone resigned
    director
  11. 2021-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2020-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2019-09-28
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  14. 2018-09-13
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  15. 2018-08-14
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  16. 2018-08-14
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-08-01
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    FEATHERSTONE, Andrew Anthony Rathbone appointed
    director
  18. 2018-08-01
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    MORANDO, Jemma Katy resigned
    director
  19. 2017-09-30
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  20. 2017-08-14
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  21. 2016-09-26
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  22. 2014-07-10
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    HIND, Brian Stanley resigned
    director
  23. 2014-07-10
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    MORANDO, Jemma Katy appointed
    director
  24. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    COPLAN, Richard Paul appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-03-31
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    SALE, Stephen John resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-11-07
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    SALE, Stephen John appointed
    director
  27. 2004-11-07
    ➕
    SALE, Stephen John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2003-08-31
    ➖
    HIND, Brian Stanley resigned
    secretary
  29. 1999-08-10
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    COPLAN, Richard Paul appointed
    director
  30. 1999-06-07
    ➕
    HIND, Brian Stanley appointed
    secretary
  31. 1999-06-06
    ➖
    STRINGER, John Leslie resigned
    secretary
  32. 1999-06-06
    ➖
    STRINGER, John Leslie resigned
    director
  33. 1997-02-28
    ➖
    RUSHENT, Paul Julian resigned
    secretary
  34. 1997-02-28
    ➕
    STRINGER, John Leslie appointed
    secretary
  35. 1997-02-28
    ➖
    HAYCOCK, Christine Ann resigned
    director
  36. 1997-02-28
    ➖
    HAYCOCK, Lindsay Sarah resigned
    director
  37. 1997-02-28
    ➕
    HIND, Brian Stanley appointed
    director
  38. 1997-02-28
    ➕
    STRINGER, John Leslie appointed
    director
  39. 1995-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHMORE (DORSET) MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  40. 1995-08-07
    ➕
    RUSHENT, Paul Julian appointed
    secretary
  41. 1995-08-07
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1995-08-07
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1995-08-07
    ➕
    HAYCOCK, Christine Ann appointed
    director
  44. 1995-08-07
    ➕
    HAYCOCK, Lindsay Sarah appointed
    director
  45. 1995-08-07
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  46. 1995-08-07
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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.)
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Puddingstone Cottage Noade Street
Ashmore
Salisbury
SP5 5AA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (5 active · 12 resigned)

COPLAN, Richard Paul→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALL, John Adrian→
director · ~75y · appointed 2022-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COPLAN, Richard Paul→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SALE, Stephen John→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STROUD, Edward Charles→
director · ~77y · appointed 2022-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIND, Brian Stanley→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-07 · resigned 2003-08-31
Resigned
RUSHENT, Paul Julian→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-07 · resigned 1997-02-28
Resigned
SALE, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-07 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned
STRINGER, John Leslie→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 1999-06-06
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-08-07 · resigned 1995-08-07
Resigned
FEATHERSTONE, Andrew Anthony Rathbone→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-08-01 · resigned 2022-07-25
Resigned
HAYCOCK, Christine Ann→
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-08-07 · resigned 1997-02-28
Resigned
HAYCOCK, Lindsay Sarah→
director · ~79y · appointed 1995-08-07 · resigned 1997-02-28
Resigned
HIND, Brian Stanley→
director · ~87y · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 2014-07-10
Resigned
MORANDO, Jemma Katy→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-07-10 · resigned 2018-08-01
Resigned
STRINGER, John Leslie→
director · ~98y · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 1999-06-06
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-08-07 · resigned 1995-08-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

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2025-09-01
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2025-08-20
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2024-09-01
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2024-08-15
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2023-08-31
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2023-08-09
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2022-08-11
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accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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2022-08-04
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2022-08-04
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2022-08-04
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2021-09-16
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2021-08-17
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2020-11-15
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