ASPECT CRANLEIGH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08465558 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-28

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 12.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-72.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 31020

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.3y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £72,331

Cash YoY

+355%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↑ 355% YoY

Net Worth

-£72k

↓ 143% YoY

Current Assets

£129k

↑ 175% 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	£-72.3k	£-29.8k
Current assets	£129.0k	£47.0k
Cash	£1.4k	£311
Debtors	£7.6k	£36.4k
Net assets	£-72.3k	£-29.8k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2020-02-10
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address · AD01
2019-11-08
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accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts · AA
2016-12-22
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accounts · AA
2016-05-10
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-15
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accounts · AA
2015-04-10
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annual-return · AR01
2014-04-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Metro Bank PLC
2013-03-28
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Company incorporated
As ASPECT CRANLEIGH LIMITED
2013-03-28
➕
DENNEY, John Aubrey Wilton appointed
director
2013-03-28
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DENNEY, Paul Nigel Wilton appointed
director
2013-03-28
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ROUTLEY, Peter David appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Nigel Wilton Denny Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016
Mr John Aubery Denny Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016
Mr Peter David Routley Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2013-03-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC31020 — SIC 31020

Registered office

7 Kings Road Kings Road

Shalford

Guildford

GU4 8JU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DENNEY, John Aubrey Wilton→

director · ~75y · appointed 2013-03-28

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Active

DENNEY, Paul Nigel Wilton→

director · ~65y · appointed 2013-03-28

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Active

ROUTLEY, Peter David→

director · ~73y · appointed 2013-03-28

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	04/04/2014	—

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