ASCOT INTERNATIONAL (1996) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04190346 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-29

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 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£5.83M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46750

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.3y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

86 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £5,825,718

Cash YoY

-9%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3.1m

↓ 9.3% YoY

Net Worth

£5.8m

~ YoY

Current Assets

£6.3m

↓ 1.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£5.87M	£5.84M
Current assets	£6.30M	£6.37M
Cash	£3.13M	£3.45M
Debtors	£2.56M	£2.50M
Net assets	£5.83M	£5.79M

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-05-20
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accounts · AA
2025-07-02
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accounts · AA
2024-06-26
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accounts · AA
2023-03-23
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accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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SETHI, Aviral appointed
director
2022-09-26
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SETHI, Avnish appointed
director
2022-09-26
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officers · AP01
2022-09-26
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officers · AP01
2022-04-04
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accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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PATEL, Subhash Kantilal resigned
director
2021-09-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-09-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-30
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officers · TM01
2021-04-16
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accounts · AA
2020-05-20
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accounts · AA
2019-05-30
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accounts · AA
2018-07-03
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accounts · AA
2017-06-26
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2015-03-04
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Charge satisfied #2
2015-03-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-10-05
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SETHI, Premchandra Amolakchand resigned
director
2007-06-11
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Charge satisfied #3
2007-02-23
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SETHI, Premchandra Amolakchand appointed
director
2005-05-05
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-03-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-03-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2001-03-29
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Company incorporated
As ASCOT INTERNATIONAL (1996) LIMITED
2001-03-29
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SETHI, Nitin appointed
secretary
2001-03-29
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SETHI, Neerja appointed
director
2001-03-29
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SETHI, Nitin appointed
director
2001-03-29
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-29
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-29
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PATEL, Subhash Kantilal appointed
director
2001-03-29
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-03-29
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SETHI, Aviral (same surname) appointed 2022-09-26. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Ascot International Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ascot International Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ASCOT INTERNATIONAL (1996) LIMITED

This company · 04190346

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ascot International Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/09/2021
Mr Nitin Sethi Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Subhash Kantilal Patelceased 30/09/2021· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2001-03-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46750 — SIC 46750

Registered office

Ascot House

Welcroft Street

Stockport

Cheshire

SK1 3DF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-04

Last: 2026-03-21