AYTON PROPERTY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06220511 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-20

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.1y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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accounts · AA
2025-01-21
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accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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accounts · AA
2023-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
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officers · AP03
2020-09-22
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officers · TM01
2020-09-22
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officers · TM02
2020-09-21
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HONEYMAN, Norman appointed
secretary
2020-09-21
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SYKES, Simon Mark resigned
secretary
2020-09-21
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SYKES, Simon Mark resigned
director
2020-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-05
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address · AD01
2019-01-31
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accounts · AA
2018-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-08-10
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officers · AP01
2016-07-15
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SYKES, Simon Mark appointed
director
2016-07-15
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SYKES, Simon Mark resigned
director
2011-09-14
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PURVES, Patricia Anne Kennedy resigned
director
2011-02-11
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SYKES, Simon Mark appointed
secretary
2011-02-11
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LAWSON, Stephen resigned
director
2011-02-11
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PURVES, Neil Mcqueen resigned
director
2011-02-11
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PURVES, Patricia Anne Kennedy appointed
director
2011-02-10
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PURVES, Neil Mcqueen resigned
secretary
2011-02-10
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SYKES, Simon Mark appointed
director
2008-04-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2008-04-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2008-03-01
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HONEYMAN, Norman appointed
director
2007-04-20
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Company incorporated
As AYTON PROPERTY LIMITED
2007-04-20
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PURVES, Neil Mcqueen appointed
secretary
2007-04-20
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-04-20
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-04-20
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LAWSON, Stephen appointed
director
2007-04-20
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PURVES, Neil Mcqueen appointed
director
2007-04-20
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-04-20
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Norman Honeyman Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/09/2016

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

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8 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

Incorporated2007-04-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

Ayton Property Ltd. 1 Richardsons Yard

Houndgate

Darlington

DL1 5RL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-14

Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

HONEYMAN, Norman→

secretary · appointed 2020-09-21

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Active

HONEYMAN, Norman→

director · ~69y · appointed 2008-03-01

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Active

PURVES, Neil Mcqueen→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-20 · resigned 2011-02-10

Resigned

SYKES, Simon Mark→

secretary · appointed 2011-02-11 · resigned 2020-09-21

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-04-20 · resigned 2007-04-20

Resigned

LAWSON, Stephen→

director · ~69y · appointed 2007-04-20 · resigned 2011-02-11

Resigned

PURVES, Neil Mcqueen→

director · ~71y · appointed 2007-04-20 · resigned 2011-02-11

Resigned

PURVES, Patricia Anne Kennedy→

director · ~66y · appointed 2011-02-11 · resigned 2011-09-14

Resigned

SYKES, Simon Mark→

director · ~45y · appointed 2016-07-15 · resigned 2020-09-21

Resigned

SYKES, Simon Mark→

director · ~45y · appointed 2011-02-10 · resigned 2016-07-15

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-04-20 · resigned 2007-04-20

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Mortgage	1 property	30/04/2008	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	25/04/2008	—

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