A.S.H. TIMBERWORKS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04727421 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-08
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
£8.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43290Other construction installation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,003

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£8k
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£31k£46k£61k£76kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£8.0k£7.5k
Current assets£59.6k£76.3k
Net assets£8.0k£7.5k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-11-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-11-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2019-11-25
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-11-25
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-11-25
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    address · AD01
  14. 2019-10-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2018-12-19
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2018-12-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2017-08-01
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    MCQUIRKE, Harry James appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As A.S.H. TIMBERWORKS LTD
  20. 2003-04-08
    ➕
    HEATHER, Sheila appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-04-08
    ➕
    HEATHER, Alan Shaun appointed
    director
  22. 2003-04-08
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-04-08
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Shaun Heather
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control09/04/2016
Mrs Sheila Heather
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/11/2018

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
Incorporated2003-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Ash Timberworks Ltd Station Approach
Littlestone
New Romney
Kent
TN28 8LU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HEATHER, Sheila→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-08
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Active
HEATHER, Alan Shaun→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-04-08
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Active
MCQUIRKE, Harry James→
director · ~31y · appointed 2017-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-08 · resigned 2003-04-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-11-25