ASHCROFT INTERIORS LTD

💤Zombieactive
08713140 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 1 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-05-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-14
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2019-10-14
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-10-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-03-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-23
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-01-02
    GARKEVICS, Kaspars resigned
    director
  17. 2013-10-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASHCROFT INTERIORS LTD
  18. 2013-10-01
    ZARINS, Ingus appointed
    director
  19. 2013-10-01
    GARKEVICS, Kaspars appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 Ingus Zarins
Individual · Latvian · DOB 03/1978 · age 48
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · KT postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
APPLIED SYSTEM INTERIORS LIMITED
11920884 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
AQUAZEN LTD
17013614 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
ARC POLYMERS LTD
14721269 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
ASHBEE ENGRAVING LIMITED
10257650 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
9y
ASHLEY FORMS LIMITED
02717625 · est 1992 · no financials extracted
33y
ASHTEAD ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
00541377 · est 1954 · no financials extracted
71y
ASSIST SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
06986061 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
16y
ASTARBOX LTD
15858604 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
AT4 CARPENTRY LTD
12097280 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
ATLANTAMED LIMITED
11921516 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
ATW CARPENTRY & BUILDING LTD
16985742 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
AURI LIFTS LTD
16926241 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

15 Garden Road
Walton-On-Thames
KT12 2HQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ZARINS, Ingus
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARKEVICS, Kaspars
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-10-01 · resigned 2015-01-02
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-14