ASHLEY HEIGHTS LIMITED

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05600770 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-24
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 letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  2. 2024-07-09
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  3. 2023-06-01
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  4. 2022-07-07
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  5. 2021-08-10
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  6. 2020-10-29
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  7. 2019-10-04
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  8. 2018-10-10
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  9. 2017-11-20
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  10. 2017-10-19
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  11. 2016-12-12
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  12. 2016-11-01
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    PERRY, John Edward resigned
    director
  13. 2016-10-19
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  14. 2016-10-19
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  15. 2016-10-19
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  16. 2015-10-29
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  17. 2005-11-01
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    PERRY, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-11-01
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    PERRY, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2005-11-01
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    PERRY, John Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2005-10-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHLEY HEIGHTS LIMITED
  21. 2005-10-24
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-10-24
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  23. 2005-10-24
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-10-24
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
John Edward Perry
Individual · British · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Perry
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

25 Pentridge Avenue
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 6UN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PERRY, Elizabeth Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-01
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Active
PERRY, Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-10-24 · resigned 2005-10-24
Resigned
PERRY, John Edward→
director · ~79y · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2016-11-01
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-10-24 · resigned 2005-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
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2025-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
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accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
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accounts · AA
2023-06-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-07-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
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accounts · AA
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-24
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accounts · AA
2019-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-26