CLASH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04783245 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-02

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£2.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

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: 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, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,597

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 169% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↑ 46% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£4.1k	£2.2k
Current assets	£4.5k	£3.0k
Net assets	£2.6k	£966

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-09-09
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2024-07-30
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2023-08-14
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2023-02-08
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2021-08-05
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2020-10-12
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2020-02-26
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2018-09-13
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2017-08-29
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2016-09-02
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2016-06-02
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2015-08-10
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2015-06-08
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2014-09-09
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2003-06-02
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Company incorporated
As CLASH LIMITED
2003-06-02
➕
ASH, Caroline Lesley appointed
secretary
2003-06-02
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ASH, Caroline Lesley appointed
director
2003-06-02
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ASH, Laurence Mark appointed
director
2003-06-02
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GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
nominee-secretary
2003-06-02
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GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
nominee-secretary
2003-06-02
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
nominee-director
2003-06-02
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
nominee-director

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Laurence Mark Ash Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	02/06/2017
Mrs Caroline Lesley Ash Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	02/06/2017

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

Incorporated2003-06-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

9 Holmlands Park North

Sunderland

SR2 7SE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-16

Last: 2026-06-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ASH, Caroline Lesley→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-02

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Active

ASH, Caroline Lesley→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-06-02

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Active

ASH, Laurence Mark→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-06-02

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Active

GRAEME, Dorothy May→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-02 · resigned 2003-06-02

Resigned

GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→

nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-06-02 · resigned 2003-06-02

Resigned

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