ASHLEY KITCHEN & BATHROOM DESIGN CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04945579 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-28
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
£13.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 31020
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47530Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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, 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
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 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 £13,357

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£13k
↑ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£277k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£58k£117k£175k£233k£292kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£13.4k£12.7k
Current assets£277.2k£291.8k
Net assets£13.4k£12.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
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  3. 2024-02-27
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  4. 2023-03-27
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  5. 2023-02-07
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  6. 2022-03-30
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  7. 2021-04-26
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  8. 2020-06-01
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  9. 2019-04-04
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  10. 2018-04-23
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  11. 2017-07-10
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-03
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    address · AD01
  13. 2016-07-23
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-06
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    FORSHAW, Anna Louise appointed
    director
  15. 2016-04-06
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  16. 2015-11-04
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  17. 2003-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHLEY KITCHEN & BATHROOM DESIGN CENTRE LIMITED
  18. 2003-10-28
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    FORSHAW, Christine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-10-28
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    FORSHAW, Barry Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2003-10-28
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    FORSHAW, Christine appointed
    director
  21. 2003-10-28
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    FORSHAW, Norman Lawrence appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Michael Forshaw
Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31020 — SIC 31020

Registered office

2a Swordfish Business Park Swordfish Close
Higgins Lane
Burscough
Lancashire
L40 8JW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

FORSHAW, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-28
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Active
FORSHAW, Anna Louise→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-04-06
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Active
FORSHAW, Barry Michael→
director · ~49y · appointed 2003-10-28
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Active
FORSHAW, Christine→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-10-28
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Active
FORSHAW, Norman Lawrence→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-10-28
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Active

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Recent filings (55 total)

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2026-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-04