ASHDOWN MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06218975 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-19

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£537.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £536,964

Net assets shrinking

Down £63,497 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£349k

Net Worth

£537k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£594k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£553.7k	£600.5k
Current assets	£593.9k	£672.9k
Cash	£348.7k	—
Debtors	£243.7k	—
Net assets	£537.0k	£600.5k

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
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accounts · AA
2019-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-25
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officers · CH01
2018-08-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-08-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-08-25
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2017-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-19
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annual-return · AR01
2007-04-19
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Company incorporated
As ASHDOWN MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED
2007-04-19
➕
BEATTY, Melissa appointed
secretary
2007-04-19
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BEATTY, Warren Richard appointed
director
2007-04-19
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-04-19
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-04-19
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-04-19
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

85/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Melissa Beatty Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016
Mr Warren Richard Beatty Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-04-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Chart House

2 Effingham Road

Reigate

Surrey

RH2 7JN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-03

Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BEATTY, Melissa→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BEATTY, Warren Richard→

director · ~57y · appointed 2007-04-19

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-04-19 · resigned 2007-04-19

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-04-19 · resigned 2007-04-19

Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-30