ASENBY QUARRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06473225 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-07-06
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    TODD, Richard Jason resigned
    director
  6. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2022-03-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-27
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  14. 2019-02-27
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  15. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-01-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  19. 2009-03-01
    ➕
    KITCHEN, Malcolm Keel appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-05-02
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    KITCHEN, Anthony Stewart appointed
    director
  21. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    KITCHEN, Malcolm Keel appointed
    director
  22. 2008-05-02
    ➕
    TODD, Richard Jason appointed
    director
  23. 2008-01-16
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2008-01-16
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2008-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ASENBY QUARRY LIMITED
  26. 2008-01-15
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2008-01-15
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 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 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Malcolm Keel Kitchen
Individual · British · DOB 01/1943 · age 83
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
Incorporated2008-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Leckby Palace Farm, At Asenby
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 3RB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KITCHEN, Malcolm Keel→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-01
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Active
KITCHEN, Anthony Stewart→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-05-02
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Active
KITCHEN, Malcolm Keel→
director · ~83y · appointed 2008-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-01-15 · resigned 2008-01-16
Resigned
TODD, Richard Jason→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-05-02 · resigned 2023-07-06
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-01-15 · resigned 2008-01-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/01/201009/03/2022

Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-30