718 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07737285 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-11

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£66.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £66,471

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£66k

↑ 9.8% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

↓ 4.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£144.3k	£138.6k
Current assets	£9.9k	£10.4k
Net assets	£66.5k	£60.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-05-30
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2025-05-31
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2024-05-26
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accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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accounts · AA
2021-10-23
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address · AD01
2021-05-21
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accounts · AA
2020-03-26
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accounts · AA
2019-05-31
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accounts · AA
2018-05-28
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accounts · AA
2017-08-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-08-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-08-03
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officers · AP01
2017-08-01
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ASKHAM, Andrew James appointed
director
2017-05-28
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accounts · AA
2017-02-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-02-03
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address · AD01
2011-08-11
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Company incorporated
As 718 LIMITED
2011-08-11
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ASKHAM, Vicki Leanne appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew James Askham Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/08/2017
Mrs Vicki Leanne Askham Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-08-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

4 Wemyss Close

Heysham

LA3 2UG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-25

Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ASKHAM, Andrew James→

director · ~67y · appointed 2017-08-01

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Active

ASKHAM, Vicki Leanne→

director · ~51y · appointed 2011-08-11

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Active

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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-05-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-31

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-10-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-05-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-08-24