ASHLEY INDUSTRIAL AND MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05081667 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-03-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2017-07-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2009-01-01
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    BOULENGER, Dimitri Jean Max appointed
    director
  17. 2009-01-01
    ➖
    BOULENGER, Dimitri Jean Max resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-01-01
    ➖
    FERNANDES, Gavin Anthony resigned
    director
  19. 2005-09-20
    ➕
    FERNANDES, Gavin Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2005-09-05
    ➖
    LEE, Marc Geoffrey resigned
    director
  21. 2005-06-20
    ➕
    BOULENGER, Dimitri Jean Max appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-06-20
    ➖
    GERLI, Ismael resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-06-20
    ➕
    LEE, Marc Geoffrey appointed
    director
  24. 2005-06-20
    ➖
    VASQUEZ, Ricardo resigned
    director
  25. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    GERLI, Ismael appointed
    secretary
  26. 2005-04-01
    ➖
    TURNBULL, Eftychia resigned
    secretary
  27. 2005-04-01
    ➖
    PAPANTONIOU, Ishbel Margarita Turner Turnbull resigned
    director
  28. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    VASQUEZ, Ricardo appointed
    director
  29. 2004-03-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHLEY INDUSTRIAL AND MARINE SERVICES LIMITED
  30. 2004-03-23
    ➕
    TURNBULL, Eftychia appointed
    secretary
  31. 2004-03-23
    ➕
    PAPANTONIOU, Ishbel Margarita Turner Turnbull appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Jean Thomas Keramidas Stavrides
Individual · French · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/09/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Director Dimitri Jean Max Boulengerceased 21/09/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2004-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Polaris Chartered Certified Accountants Queensmead Road
Loudwater
Loudwater
Buckinghamshire
HP10 9XA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-15
Last: 2026-07-01

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

BOULENGER, Dimitri Jean Max→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOULENGER, Dimitri Jean Max→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-20 · resigned 2009-01-01
Resigned
GERLI, Ismael→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2005-06-20
Resigned
TURNBULL, Eftychia→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-23 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
FERNANDES, Gavin Anthony→
director · ~49y · appointed 2005-09-20 · resigned 2009-01-01
Resigned
LEE, Marc Geoffrey→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-06-20 · resigned 2005-09-05
Resigned
PAPANTONIOU, Ishbel Margarita Turner Turnbull→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-03-23 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
VASQUEZ, Ricardo→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2005-06-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-17