ASHFIELD NOMINEES (2000) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04021572 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-06-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees0

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2024-04-12
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  4. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-02-01
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  6. 2021-04-20
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-04-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2021-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-05
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    RYE, Dennis resigned
    director
  10. 2021-02-24
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-02-24
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-02-19
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    MARTIN, Karen Denise appointed
    director
  13. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  15. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2010-02-09
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    MARTIN, Karen Denise resigned
    director
  19. 2010-02-01
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    MARTIN, Karen Denise resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-02-01
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    RYE, Dennis appointed
    director
  21. 2004-09-20
    ➕
    MARTIN, Karen Denise appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-09-20
    ➖
    RYE, Jonathan resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-09-20
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    MARTIN, Karen Denise appointed
    director
  24. 2004-09-20
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    RYE, Jonathan resigned
    director
  25. 2000-06-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHFIELD NOMINEES (2000) LIMITED
  26. 2000-06-21
    ➕
    RYE, Stephen Darren appointed
    director
  27. 2000-06-21
    ➕
    RYE, Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  28. 2000-06-21
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    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2000-06-21
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    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-06-21
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    RYE, Jonathan appointed
    director
  31. 2000-06-21
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    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2000-06-21
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    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Stephen Darren Rye
Individual · English · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Dennis Ryeceased 05/03/2021· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2000-06-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Mansfield Road
Tibshelf
Alfreton
Derbyshire
DE55 5NF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

MARTIN, Karen Denise→
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RYE, Stephen Darren→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Karen Denise→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-20 · resigned 2010-02-01
Resigned
RYE, Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-21 · resigned 2004-09-20
Resigned
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-21 · resigned 2000-06-21
Resigned
MARTIN, Karen Denise→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-09-20 · resigned 2010-02-09
Resigned
RYE, Dennis→
director · ~92y · appointed 2010-02-01 · resigned 2021-03-05
Resigned
RYE, Jonathan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-06-21 · resigned 2004-09-20
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-21 · resigned 2000-06-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24