ASTON TRAINING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05752739 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-23
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 2026
Net worth
£1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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)Positive net assets
Net assets £1,493
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,115 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1k
↓ 59% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2026-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.5k | £3.6k |
| Current assets | £4.9k | £5.6k |
| Net assets | £1.5k | £3.6k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-02-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-23📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-03-14➖BAILEY, Janet Florence resignedsecretary
- 2023-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-03-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-04-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-09-01➕FREESTONE, Paul Matthew appointeddirector
- 2019-04-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2006-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ASTON TRAINING LIMITED
- 2006-03-23➕BAILEY- FREESTONE, Lisa appointeddirector
- 2006-03-23➕BAILEY, Janet Florence appointedsecretary
- 2006-03-23➕LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-23➖LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-23➕LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-03-23➖LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
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 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lisa Bailey-Freestone Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 27/02/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Paul Matthew Freestoneceased 27/02/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Mrs Lisa Bailey-Freestoneceased 23/02/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities
Registered office
The Paddocks 1 The Stables
Hospital Road
Little Plumstead
Norfolk
NR13 5EW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BAILEY- FREESTONE, Lisa→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2006-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FREESTONE, Paul Matthew→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2019-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAILEY, Janet Florence→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2024-03-14
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2006-03-23
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2006-03-23
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Recent filings (61 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-11