A & KT ASHTON LTD

🌳Matureactive
04670357 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-19
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-03
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-02-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-02-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2025-02-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-09-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-08-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2020-08-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2020-08-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2003-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As A & KT ASHTON LTD
  21. 2003-02-19
    ➕
    ASHTON, Anthony appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-02-19
    ➕
    ASHTON, Adam Gerard appointed
    director
  23. 2003-02-19
    ➕
    ASHTON, Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2003-02-19
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-02-19
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ASHTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-03: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Ashton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Adam Gerard Ashton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony Ashtonceased 06/04/2016· 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
Incorporated2003-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Alpha House Terrace Street
Greenacres
Oldham
OL4 1HG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ASHTON, Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-19
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Active
ASHTON, Adam Gerard→
director · ~46y · appointed 2003-02-19
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Active
ASHTON, Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-02-19
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-19 · resigned 2003-02-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-02-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13