ASCENTAS GROUP LTD
🌳Matureactive
05710337 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-105.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £105,222
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£105k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-82.1k | £-110.7k |
| Current assets | £59.8k | £43.0k |
| Net assets | £-105.2k | £-139.4k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-02-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-10-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-10-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2006-02-15🏢Company incorporatedAs ASCENTAS GROUP LTD
- 2006-02-15➕ROSE, Julie appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-15➕ROSE, Anthony appointeddirector
- 2006-02-15➕ROSE, Anthony Thomas appointeddirector
- 2006-02-15➕ROSE, Julie appointeddirector
- 2006-02-15➕CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-02-15➖CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-02-15➕CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-02-15➖CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony Thomas Rose Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 19/02/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Anthony Roseceased 19/02/2018· significant influence
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
Incorporated2006-02-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
Registered office
Creative Industries Centre Wolverhampton Science Park
Glaisher Drive
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV10 9TG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
ROSE, Anthony→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2006-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROSE, Anthony Thomas→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2006-02-15
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Active
CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-15 · resigned 2006-02-15
CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-02-15 · resigned 2006-02-15
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Recent filings (62 total)
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2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-05-10