ASPEN LAKE (81) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06296572 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-28
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£103.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £102,983
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,540 YoY
Cash YoY
+2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£251k
↑ 2.1% YoY
Net Worth
£103k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£253k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£51k£101k£152k£202k£253kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£104.6k£126.7k
Current assets£252.9k£247.9k
Cash£250.9k£245.9k
Net assets£103.0k£124.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-07-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2016-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-06-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASPEN LAKE (81) LIMITED
  18. 2007-06-28
    ➕
    LEWIS, Mary Joy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-06-28
    ➕
    LEWIS, Berkeley Chales Cauersham appointed
    director
  20. 2007-06-28
    ➕
    LEWIS, Mary Joy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Berkeley Chales Cauersham Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/06/2017

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
Incorporated2007-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Windyridge
Amberley
Stroud
GL5 5AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LEWIS, Mary Joy→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-28
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Active
LEWIS, Berkeley Chales Cauersham→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-06-28
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Active
LEWIS, Mary Joy→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-06-28
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Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-03