ASHN 2 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08882609 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-07
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£68
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
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.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of construction holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £68

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£68
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-31
Total assets£68
Net assets£68

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-22
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-12-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-01-31
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2025-01-29
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-01-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-01-28
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-01-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2024-01-18
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2023-05-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-07-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-05-11
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2022-05-10
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2021-07-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-04-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-06-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-11-30
    ➕
    JONES, Gareth Clayton appointed
    director
  20. 2015-11-30
    ➖
    THORPE, Carol Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2014-02-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASHN 2 LIMITED
  22. 2014-02-07
    ➕
    THORPE, Andrew James appointed
    director
  23. 2014-02-07
    ➕
    THORPE, Clifford appointed
    director
  24. 2014-02-07
    ➕
    THORPE, Carol Anne appointed
    secretary

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 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Topham & Jones Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Topham & Jones Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
⬇
ASHN 2 LIMITED
This company · 08882609

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Clifford Thorpe
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Andrew James Thorpe
Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Topham & Jones Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Gareth Clayton Jones
Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Highbury Homes (Gj) Ltdceased 16/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Holding company · HD postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ASH WELL GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD→
15144330 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
ATWIL HOLDINGS LIMITED→
15787611 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
AVERRA GROUP LTD→
16720820 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
B ELLIOTT PROPERTY (HOLDINGS) LTD→
16020618 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
BA HEALTHCARE GROUP LTD→
14684013 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————3y——
BACK-UP NORTH INVESTMENTS LIMITED→
14383253 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
BAILIFF BRIDGE (BRIGHOUSE) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→
04432457 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
————23y——
BAINS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD→
15731432 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
BANK TOP FARM MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
07848392 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
————14y——
BANK TOP LANE MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
11260263 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————8y——
BASSI PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD→
15434557 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————2y——
BATTAGLIA HOLDINGS LIMITED→
14114499 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
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
Incorporated2014-02-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64203 — Activities of construction holding companies

Registered office

Highbury House
Oakhill Road
Brighouse
HD6 1SN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

JONES, Gareth Clayton→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORPE, Andrew James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORPE, Clifford→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORPE, Carol Anne→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-07 · resigned 2015-11-30
Resigned

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

Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-03