ACHNASHEAN HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03772083 · ltd · incorporated 1999-05-17
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£295.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
70 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 £295,439
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£148
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
£295k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£297k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£59k£119k£178k£238k£297kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£295.4k£291.9k
Current assets£297.0k—
Cash£148£293.7k
Debtors£296.9k—
Net assets£295.4k£291.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  3. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-05-06
    ➕
    BLACKBURN, Patricia Margaret appointed
    director
  7. 2023-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-05-18
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    officers · CH01
  17. 1999-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACHNASHEAN HOLDINGS LIMITED
  18. 1999-05-17
    ➕
    BLACKBURN, Patricia Margaret appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-05-17
    ➕
    BLACKBURN, James appointed
    director
  20. 1999-05-17
    ➕
    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-05-17
    ➖
    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-05-17
    ➕
    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-05-17
    ➖
    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mrs Patricia Margaret Blackburn
Individual · British · DOB 01/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr James Blackburn
Individual · British · DOB 01/1939 · age 87
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Cefn Coed
Llandygai
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 4BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BLACKBURN, Patricia Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACKBURN, James→
director · ~87y · appointed 1999-05-17
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Active
BLACKBURN, Patricia Margaret→
director · ~83y · appointed 2024-05-06
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Active
ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-05-17 · resigned 1999-05-17
Resigned
ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-05-17 · resigned 1999-05-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-07