PROTEK - ASHBY TIMBER TREATMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05112440 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-26
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£58.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20301
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £58,044
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,969 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 41% YoY
Cash YoY
-41%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£33k
↓ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£58k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£70k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £60.6k | £86.8k |
| Current assets | £70.0k | £94.1k |
| Cash | £32.5k | £54.8k |
| Debtors | £20.1k | £16.6k |
| Net assets | £58.0k | £78.0k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-03-01➖STUBBINS, Terence Henry resigneddirector
- 2009-11-17➕STUBBINS, Nicola Jane appointedsecretary
- 2009-11-17➖STUBBINS, Terence Henry resignedsecretary
- 2008-04-06➕STUBBINS, Nicola Jane appointeddirector
- 2004-05-31➕STUBBINS, Richard James appointeddirector
- 2004-05-31➖CLARK, Stephen John resignedsecretary
- 2004-05-31➕STUBBINS, Terence Henry appointedsecretary
- 2004-04-26🏢Company incorporatedAs PROTEK - ASHBY TIMBER TREATMENTS LIMITED
- 2004-04-26➕CLARK, Stephen John appointedsecretary
- 2004-04-26➕STUBBINS, Terence Henry appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
cleanNo 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 Richard James Stubbins Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/04/2016 |
Mrs Nicola Jane Stubbins Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20301 — SIC 20301
Registered office
Hoylake Road
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN17 2AZ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
STUBBINS, Nicola Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-11-17
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STUBBINS, Nicola Jane→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2008-04-06
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STUBBINS, Richard James→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2004-05-31
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CLARK, Stephen John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-05-31
STUBBINS, Terence Henry→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-05-31 · resigned 2009-11-17
STUBBINS, Terence Henry→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2013-03-01
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-27