ASK-REG LTD

💤Zombieactive
06789013 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-12
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£-133.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
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 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
54 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 £133,460
Very low cash
Cash position: £30
Cash draining
Cash down 42% YoY
Cash YoY
-42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£30
↓ 42% YoY
Net Worth
-£133k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£111k
↓ 3.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£133k-£84k-£34k£16k£65k£115kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-133.5k£-132.4k
Current assets£111.0k£115.1k
Cash£30£52
Debtors—£14
Net assets£-133.5k£-132.4k

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

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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
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. 2026-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-04
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-09
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  4. 2024-07-25
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  5. 2024-06-12
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-06
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-31
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  12. 2019-01-31
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  13. 2018-12-18
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  14. 2018-12-15
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  15. 2018-12-11
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    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2017-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-11-30
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    CLARE, Alistair Richard resigned
    director
  18. 2009-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ASK-REG LTD
  19. 2009-01-12
    ➕
    FINDLAY, Lewis Charles appointed
    director
  20. 2009-01-12
    ➕
    CLARE, Alistair Richard 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lewis Charles Findlay
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 5, Old Farm Business Centre, Church
Toft
Cambridgeshire
CB23 2RF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

FINDLAY, Lewis Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARE, Alistair Richard→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-01-12 · resigned 2010-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-10