ASK PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04056732 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-21
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£20£40£60£80£100Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£100£100
Debtors£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-18
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-15
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-10-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-10-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2000-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ASK PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
  18. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    PATEL, Kaushik Arvindbhai appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    PATEL, Dilipkumar Arvindbhai appointed
    director
  20. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    PATEL, Kaushik Arvindbhai appointed
    director
  21. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    PATEL, Manoj Arvindbhai appointed
    director
  22. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    PATEL, Nitinchandra Arvindbhai appointed
    director
  23. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-08-21
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-08-21
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2000-08-21
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Targetgrange Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Targetgrange Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ASK PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
This company · 04056732

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Targetgrange Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2000-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

26 Acland Crescent
London
SE5 8EQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

PATEL, Kaushik Arvindbhai→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Dilipkumar Arvindbhai→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Kaushik Arvindbhai→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Manoj Arvindbhai→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Nitinchandra Arvindbhai→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-08-21 · resigned 2000-08-21
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-08-21 · resigned 2000-08-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property29/10/2002—
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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-22