FAIRHAVEN YORK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04437246 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£188.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
67 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £188,248
Cash YoY
+121%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↑ 121% YoY
Net Worth
£188k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Assets
£223k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£51k£103k£154k£205k£256kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£188.2k£177.6k
Current assets£223.3k£256.5k
Cash£7.8k£3.5k
Debtors£215.5k£252.9k
Net assets£188.2k£177.6k

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
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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-01
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  3. 2023-11-30
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  4. 2022-12-16
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  5. 2021-10-07
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  6. 2021-09-10
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  7. 2020-09-15
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  8. 2019-10-28
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  9. 2018-07-31
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  10. 2017-08-30
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  11. 2016-10-05
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  12. 2016-06-01
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  13. 2015-09-04
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  14. 2015-06-04
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  15. 2015-04-29
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  16. 2011-06-07
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    ASHTON, Sarah-Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2011-06-07
    ➖
    ASHTON, Graham Peter resigned
    secretary
  18. 2011-06-07
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    ASHTON, Graham Peter resigned
    director
  19. 2002-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As FAIRHAVEN YORK LIMITED
  20. 2002-05-13
    ➕
    ASHTON, Peter David appointed
    director
  21. 2002-05-13
    ➕
    ASHTON, Graham Peter appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-05-13
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-05-13
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-05-13
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    ASHTON, Graham Peter appointed
    director
  25. 2002-05-13
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-05-13
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 24 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

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 74 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter David Ashton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
50–75%
—50-75% shares13/05/2016

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
Incorporated2002-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Greenbank The Avenue
Ruswarp
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO21 1NG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ASHTON, Peter David→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHTON, Sarah-Jane→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHTON, Graham Peter→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-13 · resigned 2011-06-07
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-13 · resigned 2002-05-13
Resigned
ASHTON, Graham Peter→
director · ~47y · appointed 2002-05-13 · resigned 2011-06-07
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-13 · resigned 2002-05-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-28