ASHLEIGH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04787406 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-04
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£531.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
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
65 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 £531,158
Net assets shrinking
Down £76,720 YoY
Cash YoY
+44%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£24k
↑ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£531k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£51k
↓ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£122k£243k£365k£486k£608kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£531.2k£618.1k
Current assets£51.0k£93.2k
Cash£24.3k£16.9k
Debtors£26.7k£76.3k
Net assets£531.2k£607.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-03-29
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  4. 2023-03-31
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  5. 2022-03-31
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  6. 2021-06-29
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  7. 2020-03-31
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  8. 2019-03-31
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  9. 2019-03-31
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  10. 2018-03-28
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  11. 2017-03-31
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  12. 2016-06-27
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  13. 2016-03-31
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  14. 2015-08-18
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  15. 2014-11-13
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    KIRK, Graham Anthony appointed
    secretary
  16. 2014-11-13
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    CORDEN, Gerald Mervyn resigned
    secretary
  17. 2014-11-13
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    CORDEN, Gerald Mervyn resigned
    director
  18. 2013-04-01
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    KIRK, Susan appointed
    director
  19. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    KIRK, Graham Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    CORDEN, Gerald Mervyn appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-06-20
    ➖
    SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    CORDEN, Gerald Mervyn appointed
    director
  23. 2003-06-20
    ➖
    SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2003-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHLEIGH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  25. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Anthony Kirk
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Beckside Court
Annie Reed Road
Beverley
East Yorkshire
HU17 0LF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-18
Last: 2026-06-04

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

KIRK, Graham Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2014-11-13
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Active
KIRK, Graham Anthony→
director · ~78y · appointed 2003-06-20
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Active
KIRK, Susan→
director · ~78y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORDEN, Gerald Mervyn→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-20 · resigned 2014-11-13
Resigned
SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2003-06-20
Resigned
CORDEN, Gerald Mervyn→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-06-20 · resigned 2014-11-13
Resigned
SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2003-06-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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2026-07-04
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2026-07-02
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2026-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
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accounts · AA
2024-03-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
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2022-03-31
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2021-06-29
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2021-06-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-11
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accounts · AA
2020-03-31