ASHRIDGE CARE LTD

🌳Matureactive

08820784 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-19

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

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

2 live charges · oldest 6.4y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.4 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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	6500	5700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 mortgage
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-31
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2026-03-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-17
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-02-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2020-01-17
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capital · SH03
2019-11-25
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capital · SH01
2019-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-22
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capital · SH01
2017-09-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-06-08
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HUBBARD, Lisa Jayne appointed
director
2015-09-17
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ALEXANDER, Charlotte Elizabeth appointed
director
2013-12-19
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Company incorporated
As ASHRIDGE CARE LTD
2013-12-19
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ALEXANDER, Christopher appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Alexander Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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6 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

Incorporated2013-12-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Unit 7 , The Forum,

Icknield Way

Tring

Herts

HP23 4JY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ALEXANDER, Charlotte Elizabeth→

director · ~59y · appointed 2015-09-17

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Active

ALEXANDER, Christopher→

director · ~62y · appointed 2013-12-19

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Active

HUBBARD, Lisa Jayne→

director · ~41y · appointed 2017-06-08

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	31/03/2026	—
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	—	11/02/2020	—

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-24

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2026-04-07

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-09