27 ASH GROVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06601059 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-23

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 May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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2025-02-07
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2024-01-23
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2023-02-02
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accounts · AA
2022-02-24
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accounts · AA
2022-01-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-01-24
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officers · AP01
2022-01-24
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officers · AP01
2022-01-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-24
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officers · TM01
2022-01-21
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CASIMIRO, Miguel Martins appointed
director
2022-01-21
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PALACI, Tanya Katrina appointed
director
2022-01-10
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MC HUGH, Lucy Emma resigned
director
2021-04-26
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accounts · AA
2021-01-18
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officers · CH01
2020-02-18
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accounts · AA
2019-01-30
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accounts · AA
2018-01-26
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accounts · AA
2017-03-13
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2013-01-17
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PARKER, Lydia Beth appointed
secretary
2013-01-17
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MC HUGH, Lucy Emma appointed
director
2013-01-16
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CLARIDGE, Beth resigned
secretary
2008-05-23
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Company incorporated
As 27 ASH GROVE LIMITED
2008-05-23
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PARKER, Alun Graham appointed
director
2008-05-23
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PARKER, Lydia Beth appointed
director
2008-05-23
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CLARIDGE, Beth appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-05-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Flat 2 27

Ash Grove

London

NW2 3LN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-24

Last: 2026-01-10