ASHMEAD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08751021 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-28
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£5.26M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 64304Activities of open-ended investment companies
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £5,261,394
Cash YoY
+44%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2.3m
↑ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£5.3m
↑ 9.3% YoY
Current Assets
£3.1m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.27M | £4.82M |
| Current assets | £3.15M | £2.78M |
| Cash | £2.33M | £1.62M |
| Debtors | £816.1k | £1.16M |
| Net assets | £5.26M | £4.81M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-03-23➕MILLINGTON, Caroline Ann appointeddirector
- 2021-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-02-27📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2018-02-27📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2018-02-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-07-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-07-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2013-12-20➖BRADLEY, Matthew Christian resigneddirector
- 2013-12-17➕MILLINGTON, Philip Nigel appointeddirector
- 2013-10-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHMEAD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2013-10-28➕BRADLEY, Matthew Christian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Philip Nigel Millington Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 28/10/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies
Registered office
10 Stadium Business Court, Millennium Way
Pride Park
Derby
DE24 8HP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MILLINGTON, Caroline Ann→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2022-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILLINGTON, Philip Nigel→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2013-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRADLEY, Matthew Christian→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2013-10-28 · resigned 2013-12-20
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Recent filings (38 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-25