ASCENT EVENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07580259 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-28
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£58.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82301Activities of exhibition and fair organisers
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,608
Cash YoY
+119%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£185k
↑ 119% YoY
Net Worth
£59k
↑ 8.2% YoY
Current Assets
£288k
↑ 76% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£58k£115k£173k£230k£288kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£60.6k£58.2k
Current assets£288.0k£163.6k
Cash£185.5k£84.6k
Debtors£102.6k£79.0k
Net assets£58.6k£54.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-18
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    HURDITCH, Samantha appointed
    director
  4. 2024-01-18
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-12-20
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  6. 2023-12-20
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  7. 2023-08-31
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  8. 2022-09-05
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  9. 2022-04-21
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    address · AD01
  10. 2021-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-21
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  12. 2019-09-09
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  13. 2019-06-25
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-06-07
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    WHITE, Warren resigned
    director
  15. 2019-06-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-11-19
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  17. 2017-11-24
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  18. 2011-03-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ASCENT EVENTS LIMITED
  19. 2011-03-28
    ➕
    WHIFFEN, Guy appointed
    director
  20. 2011-03-28
    ➕
    WHITE, Warren appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Guy Whiffen
Individual · British · DOB 04/1976 · age 50
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Samantha Hurditch
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Warren Whiteceased 07/06/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

Trade Fair House 2 West Court
Enterprise Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 6JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HURDITCH, Samantha→
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-01-18
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Active
WHIFFEN, Guy→
director · ~50y · appointed 2011-03-28
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Active
WHITE, Warren→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-03-28 · resigned 2019-06-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22