AISHOLT CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04214334 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-10

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 May 2025

Net worth

£127.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

69 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £126,986

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,920 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£127k

↓ 8.6% YoY

Current Assets

£32k

↓ 39% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£128.0k	£139.9k
Current assets	£31.8k	£51.8k
Net assets	£127.0k	£138.9k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-22
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2024-10-30
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accounts · AA
2024-02-07
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accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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accounts · AA
2020-10-07
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accounts · AA
2020-01-20
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accounts · AA
2019-11-15
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address · AD01
2018-12-14
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accounts · AA
2018-02-15
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accounts · AA
2017-07-03
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capital · SH08
2017-07-03
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capital · SH08
2017-06-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-06-14
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2001-05-10
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Company incorporated
As AISHOLT CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2001-05-10
➕
TRIMBLE, Melville Fitzgibbon appointed
secretary
2001-05-10
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TRIMBLE, Belinda Anne appointed
director
2001-05-10
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TRIMBLE, Melville Fitzgibbon appointed
director
2001-05-10
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THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-05-10
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THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-05-10
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LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-05-10
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LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

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 Melville Trimble Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Belinda Trimble Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-05-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Steepy Piece

Crowcombe

Taunton

Somerset

TA4 4AA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-24

Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TRIMBLE, Melville Fitzgibbon→

secretary · appointed 2001-05-10

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Active

TRIMBLE, Belinda Anne→

director · ~69y · appointed 2001-05-10

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Active

TRIMBLE, Melville Fitzgibbon→

director · ~72y · appointed 2001-05-10

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Active

THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-10 · resigned 2001-05-10

Resigned

LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-10 · resigned 2001-05-10

Resigned

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