ASHLEY COURT (PENRITH) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04212165 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-05-08

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (8 active, 20 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-04-18
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officers · TM01
2026-04-18
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officers · AP01
2026-02-12
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accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-09-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-09-21
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officers · TM01
2023-09-21
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officers · AP01
2023-09-21
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officers · AP01
2023-07-28
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BATCHELOR, Katerine appointed
director
2023-07-28
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BATCHELOR, Nick appointed
director
2023-07-28
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EDWARDS, Jonathan resigned
director
2023-07-06
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address · AD01
2023-06-29
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dissolution · DS02
2023-06-06
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gazette · GAZ1(A)
2023-06-02
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officers · CH01
2023-06-02
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officers · CH01
2023-06-01
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2023-06-01
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2023-06-01
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officers · CH01
2023-06-01
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officers · CH03
2023-06-01
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address · AD01
2023-05-26
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dissolution · DS01
2023-05-26
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officers · CH01
2022-11-22
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WALKER, Megan resigned
director
2022-11-21
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COX, John appointed
director
2018-07-30
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HOWELL, Robert Anthony appointed
director
2018-03-31
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DAVIDSON, Kieran Adam resigned
director
2018-01-25
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WALKER, Megan appointed
director
2018-01-16
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STEWART, Nicholas appointed
director
2018-01-16
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DAVIDSON, Kieran Adam appointed
director
2017-10-20
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HOLLAND, Andrew Gordon resigned
director
2017-04-07
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EGAN, Judith Ann resigned
director
2016-06-01
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EDWARDS, Jonathan appointed
director
2005-12-20
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TUDHOPE, Susan Clare resigned
director
2005-10-03
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DUKE, Pauline Margaret appointed
secretary
2005-09-15
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EGAN, Michael Ian resigned
secretary
2004-12-01
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TUDHOPE, Susan Clare appointed
director
2003-11-28
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NICHOLSON, Anthony Walter resigned
director
2003-01-27
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TAYLOR, Geoffrey Charles Wears resigned
director
2003-01-22
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NICHOLSON, Anthony Walter appointed
director
2002-12-17
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DUKE, Pauline Margaret appointed
director
2002-12-17
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HARGREAVES, Richard Peter appointed
director
2002-12-17
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EGAN, Michael Ian appointed
secretary
2002-12-17
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EGAN, Judith Ann appointed
director
2002-12-17
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HOLLAND, Andrew Gordon appointed
director
2002-10-07
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TAYLOR, Geoffrey Charles Wears appointed
director
2002-09-16
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MCKASKIE, Neil resigned
secretary
2002-09-16
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MCKASKIE, Shirley resigned
director

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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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2001-05-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

31 White Ox Way

Penrith

CA11 8QP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-24

Last: 2025-07-10