ASHLEY & LEWIS PAINTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04233150 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-12
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-12✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-12-11➕WALTERS, Joanne Lynn appointeddirector
- 2023-12-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-25➖WALTERS, William James resignedsecretary
- 2001-06-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHLEY & LEWIS PAINTS LIMITED
- 2001-06-12➕WALTERS, Robin Ashley appointeddirector
- 2001-06-12➕WALTERS, William James appointedsecretary
- 2001-06-12➕BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-06-12➖BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-06-12➕DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-06-12➖DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robin Ashley Walters Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Chester House Lloyd Drive
Cheshire Oaks Business Park
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 9HQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-24
Last: 2026-06-10
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
WALTERS, Joanne Lynn→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2023-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALTERS, Robin Ashley→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2001-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALTERS, William James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-06-12 · resigned 2016-04-25
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-12 · resigned 2001-06-12
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-12 · resigned 2001-06-12
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Recent filings (72 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-23