AINSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08447836 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2024
Net worth
£5.27M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 12.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £5,267,764

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£106k
Net Worth
£5.3m
Current Assets
£14m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-05-31
Total assets£6.35M
Current assets£13.59M
Cash£106.4k
Debtors£13.48M
Net assets£5.27M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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  4. 2023-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-25
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-11
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2019-04-08
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    capital · SH08
  10. 2019-02-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-06
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-03-06
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-01
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    KINSEY, Matthew Norman resigned
    director
  15. 2016-09-29
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    capital · SH02
  16. 2016-09-21
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2015-11-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2015-08-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2015-07-01
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    MCLEMON, Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2015-04-01
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    KINSEY, Matthew Norman appointed
    director
  21. 2014-09-08
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    EDGE, Stephen William appointed
    director
  22. 2013-07-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2013-05-29
    ➕
    CHEERS, David Andrew appointed
    secretary
  24. 2013-05-29
    ➕
    CHEERS, David Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 2013-03-15
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    Company incorporated
    As AINSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 2013-03-15
    ➕
    AINSCOUGH, Matthew Martin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AINSCOUGH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew Martin Ainscough
Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated2013-03-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Vanguard House Bradley Lane
Standish
Wigan
Lancashire
WN6 0XF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

CHEERS, David Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2013-05-29
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Active
AINSCOUGH, Matthew Martin→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-03-15
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Active
CHEERS, David Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-05-29
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Active
EDGE, Stephen William→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-09-08
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Active
MCLEMON, Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-07-01
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Active
KINSEY, Matthew Norman→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2017-01-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property13/11/2015—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/08/2015—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property10/07/2013—
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Recent filings (52 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
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accounts · AA
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-17