ASH MOULDINGS UK LTD

💤Zombieactive
03687200 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-22
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 2024
Net worth
£21.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (76/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,149
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,924 YoY
Cash YoY
+58%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 58% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£29k£44k£59k£73kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£26.1k£41.3k
Current assets£56.7k£73.2k
Cash£6.0k£3.8k
Debtors£49.1k£67.7k
Net assets£21.1k£36.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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  2. 2025-01-15
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  3. 2025-01-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-09-30
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  5. 2023-09-21
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  6. 2022-09-16
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  7. 2021-09-22
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  8. 2020-10-15
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  9. 2019-09-25
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  10. 2018-08-16
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  11. 2017-09-06
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  12. 2016-07-20
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  13. 2016-01-06
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  14. 2015-09-07
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  15. 2015-01-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-12-01
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    SPURGEON, Carole appointed
    secretary
  17. 2001-11-30
    ➖
    MORRIS, John resigned
    secretary
  18. 2001-11-30
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    MORRIS, John resigned
    director
  19. 1998-12-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ASH MOULDINGS UK LTD
  20. 1998-12-22
    ➕
    SPURGEON, Robert Ashley appointed
    director
  21. 1998-12-22
    ➕
    MORRIS, John appointed
    secretary
  22. 1998-12-22
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-12-22
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-12-22
    ➕
    MORRIS, John appointed
    director
  25. 1998-12-22
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1998-12-22
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Ashley Spurgeon
Individual · English · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-12-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Unit 8 Crigglestone Industrial Estate
High Street
Crigglestone
West Yorkshire
WF4 3HT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SPURGEON, Carole→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPURGEON, Robert Ashley→
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, John→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-22 · resigned 2001-11-30
Resigned
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-12-22 · resigned 1998-12-22
Resigned
MORRIS, John→
director · ~97y · appointed 1998-12-22 · resigned 2001-11-30
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-12-22 · resigned 1998-12-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-31