ASHWOOD TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03207452 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-04
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 Dec 2023
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (60/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2023-12-31
Average employees100

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-09
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  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-02
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2018-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2018-01-08
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    READ, Denise Paula resigned
    secretary
  12. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1996-06-21
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    DOUGHTY, Richard Peter appointed
    director
  18. 1996-06-21
    ➕
    READ, Denise Paula appointed
    secretary
  19. 1996-06-21
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1996-06-21
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1996-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHWOOD TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  22. 1996-06-04
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-06-04
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

76 Rupert Street
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 2AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-05
Last: 2026-05-22

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

DOUGHTY, Richard Peter→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
READ, Denise Paula→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-21 · resigned 2018-01-08
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-04 · resigned 1996-06-21
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-04 · resigned 1996-06-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-22