ASPREY LICENCED PREMISES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07192855 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£138.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
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: 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £138,231
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£38k
↑ 3.1% YoY
Net Worth
£138k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£216k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £138.2k | £98.4k |
| Current assets | £216.3k | £191.3k |
| Cash | £38.4k | £37.2k |
| Debtors | £167.9k | £144.1k |
| Net assets | £138.2k | £98.4k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-05-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-05-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-05-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-26📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2021-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2014-11-03➖MASKELL, Benjamin resigneddirector
- 2010-03-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ASPREY LICENCED PREMISES LIMITED
- 2010-03-17➕MASKELL, Graham appointeddirector
- 2010-03-17➕MASKELL, Benjamin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 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 candidateStrong 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Graham Maskell Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 17/03/2017 |
Mr Jan Manga Individual · British · DOB 06/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/03/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars
Registered office
The Granary Court Lodge Farm
Boxley
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 3DX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
MASKELL, Graham→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MASKELL, Benjamin→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2010-03-17 · resigned 2014-11-03
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Recent filings (45 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-01
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-05-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-10