ASCOT FINISHERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07592979 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-06
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£110.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 14.8y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
52 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £110,518
Cash YoY
+82%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£86k
↑ 82% YoY
Net Worth
£111k
↑ 107% YoY
Current Assets
£323k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£65k£129k£194k£258k£323kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£117.9k£62.4k
Current assets£322.8k£312.7k
Cash£85.6k£47.1k
Debtors£226.8k£257.6k
Net assets£110.5k£53.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-21
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-12-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-04-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2025-04-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-01-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-09-30
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    BERGROVA, Martina resigned
    director
  15. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2018-11-09
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2017-02-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Paul Laflin
  21. 2014-05-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Paul Laflin as Trustees of the Amf LTD Directors Pension Scheme
  22. 2014-03-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2011-10-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  24. 2011-04-08
    ➕
    BERGROVA, Martina appointed
    director
  25. 2011-04-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASCOT FINISHERS LIMITED
  26. 2011-04-06
    ➕
    BEALE, Stephen Geroge appointed
    secretary
  27. 2011-04-06
    ➕
    LAFLIN, Paul appointed
    director
  28. 2011-04-06
    ➕
    WITTON BOURKE, Trevor John appointed
    director
  29. 2011-04-06
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  30. 2011-04-06
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    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 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Highfield Asset Management Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Highfield Asset Management Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ASCOT FINISHERS LIMITED
This company · 07592979

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Highfield Asset Management Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Trevor John Witton-Bourkeceased 01/01/2017· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

6 David Road
Colnbrook
Slough
SL3 0DG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BEALE, Stephen Geroge→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAFLIN, Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WITTON BOURKE, Trevor John→
director · ~52y · appointed 2011-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERGROVA, Martina→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-04-08 · resigned 2021-09-30
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2011-04-06 · resigned 2011-04-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paul Laflin / Trevor John Witton-Bourke / Martina Bergrova / Berkeley, Burke Trustee Company
Paul Laflin / Trevor John Witton-Bourke / Martina Bergrova / Berkeley, Burke Trustee Company Limited
A registered charge—01/02/2017—
satisfied
Paul Laflin as Trustees of the Amf Directors Pension Scheme / Trevor John Witton-Bourke / Martina Bergrova / Oval Trustees
Paul Laflin as Trustees of the Amf LTD Directors Pension Scheme / Trevor John Witton-Bourke / Martina Bergrova / Oval Trustees Limited
A registered charge—23/05/201409/11/2018
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
All assets debenture1 property14/10/201104/03/2014
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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06