ASHTREEMEWS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06768523 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-09
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£-111.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
49 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £111,562

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£112k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£318k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£112k-£26k£60k£146k£232k£318kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-111.6k£318.0k
Current assets£318.0k£318.0k
Net assets£-111.6k£-111.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2020-10-18
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-10-17
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    MAIN, Malcolm resigned
    director
  12. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2011-02-11
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    BELL, Timothy John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-02-11
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    BELL, Timothy John appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-11
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    MAIN, Malcolm appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-11
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    NOCKER, William Martin, Mr. resigned
    director
  21. 2008-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHTREEMEWS LIMITED
  22. 2008-12-09
    ➕
    NOCKER, William Martin, Mr. appointed
    director

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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
Mr Timothy John Bell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Malcolm Mainceased 17/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2008-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Flat 2, The Hamptons, Wellington Road
Ombersley
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 0EA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BELL, Timothy John→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Timothy John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAIN, Malcolm→
director · ~83y · appointed 2011-02-11 · resigned 2020-10-17
Resigned
NOCKER, William Martin, Mr.→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-12-09 · resigned 2011-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-10-18