ASHTON BULK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06162976 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-15
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£706.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09900
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
55 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £706,345
Cash YoY
+1713%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£388k
↑ 1713% YoY
Net Worth
£706k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£364k£729k£1.1m£1.5m£1.8mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£721.2k£726.6k
Current assets£1.82M£1.60M
Cash£388.1k£21.4k
Debtors£1.43M£1.58M
Net assets£706.3k£702.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2025-08-29
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  3. 2025-07-29
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    GARRETT, Angela Clare appointed
    director
  4. 2024-09-30
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  5. 2023-10-27
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  6. 2022-09-29
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  7. 2021-09-30
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  8. 2020-12-04
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  9. 2019-09-30
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  10. 2018-09-30
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  11. 2017-09-29
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  12. 2017-05-04
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  13. 2016-12-31
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    WOOLMAN, David John resigned
    director
  14. 2016-09-30
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  15. 2016-03-22
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  16. 2015-09-30
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  17. 2015-03-25
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  18. 2009-12-02
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    WOOLMAN, David John appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-03
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    GARRETT, Angela Clare resigned
    director
  20. 2007-04-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2007-04-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2007-03-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHTON BULK LIMITED
  23. 2007-03-15
    ➕
    GARRETT, Angela Clare appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-03-15
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    DUDMAN, Josef Marc appointed
    director
  25. 2007-03-15
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2007-03-15
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    GARRETT, Angela Clare appointed
    director
  27. 2007-03-15
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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
Mr Josef Marc Dudman
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David John Woolman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
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
Incorporated2007-03-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC09900 — SIC 09900

Registered office

9-13 High Street
Wells
Somerset
BA5 2AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GARRETT, Angela Clare→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUDMAN, Josef Marc→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARRETT, Angela Clare→
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-15 · resigned 2007-04-11
Resigned
GARRETT, Angela Clare→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-03-15 · resigned 2009-11-03
Resigned
WOOLMAN, David John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-12-02 · resigned 2016-12-31
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-15 · resigned 2007-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
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accounts · AA
2025-09-30
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officers · AP01
2025-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
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accounts · AA
2023-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
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accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
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accounts · AA
2020-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30