ASHOVER ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03877810 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-16

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 25.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£229.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 25.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £229,467

Net assets shrinking

Down £27,899 YoY

Cash YoY

+57%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£72k

↑ 57% YoY

Net Worth

£229k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£73k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£229.5k	£257.4k
Current assets	£73.4k	£117.3k
Cash	£71.6k	£45.6k
Debtors	£1.8k	£71.8k
Net assets	£229.5k	£257.4k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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2023-12-22
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2023-01-05
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BRAY, Samantha appointed
director
2023-01-05
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GORDON, Kate Charlotte appointed
director
2023-01-05
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2022-10-10
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2021-12-01
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2020-12-15
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2019-11-20
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2018-10-03
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2017-11-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2015-11-23
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OVERTON, Richard Mark appointed
secretary
2015-11-23
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HERKES, Dwane Andrew resigned
secretary
2000-09-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1999-11-16
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Company incorporated
As ASHOVER ESTATES LIMITED
1999-11-16
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HOUNSFIELD, Thomas Andrew appointed
director
1999-11-16
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OVERTON, Richard Mark appointed
director
1999-11-16
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HERKES, Dwane Andrew appointed
secretary
1999-11-16
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-11-16
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-11-16
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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1999-11-16
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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 71 — 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 71 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 27 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Mark Overton Individual · English · DOB 01/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	16/11/2016
Mr Thomas Andrew Hounsfield Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	16/11/2016

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

Incorporated1999-11-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Wellingore Hall

Wellingore

Lincoln

Lincolnshire

LN5 0HX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-08

Last: 2025-07-25