ASHE FARM CAMPSITE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05196304 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-03

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£742.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 55300

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £742,793

Cash YoY

+34%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£139k

↑ 34% YoY

Net Worth

£743k

↑ 6.9% YoY

Current Assets

£182k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Total assets	£743.1k	£695.3k
Current assets	£182.4k	£147.4k
Cash	£139.2k	£104.1k
Debtors	£43.3k	£43.3k
Net assets	£742.8k	£694.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2004-08-03
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Company incorporated
As ASHE FARM CAMPSITE LIMITED
2004-08-03
➕
SMALL, Jean Margaret appointed
secretary
2004-08-03
➕
SMALL, Ian David appointed
director
2004-08-03
➕
SMALL, Jean Margaret appointed
director
2004-08-03
➕
SMALL, Sarah Ann appointed
director
2004-08-03
➕
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-03
➖
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ian David Small Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-08-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

St. John's House, Castle Street

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 4AY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-17

Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

SMALL, Jean Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-03

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Active

SMALL, Ian David→

director · ~55y · appointed 2004-08-03

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Active

SMALL, Jean Margaret→

director · ~83y · appointed 2004-08-03

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Active

SMALL, Sarah Ann→

director · ~57y · appointed 2004-08-03

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-03 · resigned 2004-08-03

Resigned

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