ASHBERRY HEALTHCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04886239 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-03

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£6.36M

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Medical nursing home activities

Sector: Human health & social work

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

87100Residential nursing care activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

21 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 22.3y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

21 charges (21/21 with lender, 21/21 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (4 active, 18 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

133 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £6,362,556

Cash draining

Cash down 84% YoY

Cash YoY

-84%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£377k

↓ 84% YoY

Net Worth

£6.4m

↑ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£1.4m

↓ 56% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£12.89M	£12.91M
Current assets	£1.38M	£3.10M
Cash	£377.4k	£2.42M
Debtors	£1.00M	£687.2k
Net assets	£6.36M	£5.77M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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officers · TM01
2026-05-05
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NEMCHINOVA, Anna resigned
director
2026-01-20
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officers · AP01
2025-12-16
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NEMCHINOVA, Anna appointed
director
2025-10-17
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mortgage · MR01
2025-10-06
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Charge registered #21
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2025-06-24
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officers · AP01
2025-06-10
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FRY, Claire appointed
director
2024-12-20
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accounts · AA
2024-08-05
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officers · TM01
2024-07-31
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BRADFORD, James resigned
director
2024-07-01
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LOCK, Shaun appointed
secretary
2024-07-01
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officers · AP03
2024-04-12
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mortgage · MR01
2024-04-02
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Charge registered #20
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2024-02-23
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address · AD01
2024-01-16
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address · AD01
2024-01-08
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address · AD01
2023-10-11
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2023-10-11
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2023-10-11
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2023-10-11
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2023-10-11
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mortgage · MR01
2023-10-11
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mortgage · MR01
2023-10-11
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mortgage · MR01
2023-10-02
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-02
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-02
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Charge satisfied #12
2023-10-02
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Charge satisfied #11
2023-09-29
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Charge registered #19
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2023-09-29
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2023-09-29
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2023-09-29
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2023-09-29
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2023-09-29
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2023-09-29
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2023-03-10
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BRADFORD, James resigned
secretary
2023-03-10
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BRADFORD, James appointed
director
2022-03-16
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BRADFORD, James appointed
secretary
2022-03-11
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LOVELACE, Susan resigned
director
2022-03-09
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TULLOCH, Sarah Lambre resigned
secretary
2021-09-20
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POWELL, Neil resigned
director
2020-12-03
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Charge satisfied #10
2020-12-03
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Charge satisfied #9
2020-12-03
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Charge satisfied #8
2020-12-03
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Charge satisfied #7
2020-12-03
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Charge satisfied #6
2020-12-03
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Charge satisfied #5
2020-12-03
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Charge satisfied #4

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

9 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Ashberry Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ashberry Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ASHBERRY HEALTHCARE LIMITED

This company · 04886239

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ashberry Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	07/10/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Paul Sednaouiceased 01/12/2016· 75-100% voting · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-09-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86102 — Medical nursing home activities

Registered office

1 Lea Business Park

Lower Luton Road

Harpenden

AL5 5EQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-30

Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (4 active · 14 resigned)

LOCK, Shaun→

secretary · appointed 2024-07-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COTTRELL, Gary Bernard→

director · ~71y · appointed 2019-03-12

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Active

DENNY, Nigel John→

director · ~67y · appointed 2017-02-26

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Active

FRY, Claire→

director · ~56y · appointed 2025-06-10

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Active

BRADFORD, James→

secretary · appointed 2022-03-16 · resigned 2023-03-10

Resigned

DEAYTON GROOM, Virginia→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-09 · resigned 2020-09-17

Resigned

SEDNAOUI, Laura Diana→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-03 · resigned 2006-01-09

Resigned

TULLOCH, Sarah Lambre→

secretary · appointed 2020-09-18 · resigned 2022-03-09

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-03 · resigned 2003-09-03

Resigned

BRADFORD, James→

director · ~48y · appointed 2023-03-10 · resigned 2024-07-31

Resigned

DEAYTON-GROOM, Virginia→

director · ~68y · appointed 2016-08-18 · resigned 2020-09-17

Resigned

LOVELACE, Susan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2019-12-19 · resigned 2022-03-11

Resigned

NEMCHINOVA, Anna→

director · ~45y · appointed 2025-12-16 · resigned 2026-05-05

Resigned

POWELL, Neil→

director · ~63y · appointed 2020-11-26 · resigned 2021-09-20

Resigned

SEDNAOUI, Laura→

director · ~77y · appointed 2014-05-06 · resigned 2015-01-31

Resigned

SEDNAOUI, Paul→

director · ~81y · appointed 2003-09-03 · resigned 2016-12-01

Resigned

SPALDING, Rosamund Jill→

director · ~74y · appointed 2018-06-18 · resigned 2019-12-19

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-03 · resigned 2003-09-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:21 of 21 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	06/10/2025	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	02/04/2024	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	29/09/2023	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	29/09/2023	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	29/09/2023	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	29/09/2023	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	29/09/2023	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	29/09/2023	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	29/09/2023	—
satisfied	Cambridge & Counties Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited	A registered charge	—	07/10/2020	02/10/2023
satisfied	Cambridge & Counties Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited	A registered charge	13 properties	07/10/2020	02/10/2023
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/09/2020	03/12/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/09/2020	03/12/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/09/2020	03/12/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/09/2020	03/12/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	15/09/2020	03/12/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/09/2020	03/12/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/09/2020	03/12/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	15/09/2020	03/12/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	2 properties	01/08/2008	03/12/2020
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Debenture	1 property	19/02/2004	03/12/2020

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Recent filings (133 total)

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officers · TM01

2026-05-14

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-25

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-01-20

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mortgage · MR01

2025-10-17

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accounts · AA

2025-09-30

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-06-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium

accounts · AA

2024-12-20

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-08-05

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2024-07-01

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2024-04-12

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-02-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-01-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-01-08