A.I.P. (ASHFIELD ROAD AND ELLERBECK LANE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09060077 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-28
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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 11.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 16 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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 · IFRS
Metric2024-03-31
Average employees100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-08-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-08-14
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    BROWN, Lisa Margaret, Councillor resigned
    director
  5. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-15
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    BROWN, Lisa Margaret, Councillor appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-15
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    JOHNSON, Michael Andrew resigned
    director
  8. 2024-03-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-03-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-06-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-06-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-06-20
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    FRYER, Mark Anthony appointed
    director
  14. 2023-06-20
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    SHARPE, Colin resigned
    director
  15. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2022-08-09
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    SHARPE, Colin appointed
    director
  18. 2022-08-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2022-08-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2022-08-05
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    FITZGERALD, Marion Cynthia resigned
    director
  21. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-11-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2021-11-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2021-11-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2021-11-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2021-11-13
    ➕
    RICE, Edward Simon appointed
    director
  27. 2021-11-13
    ➕
    TAYLOR, David Wilson appointed
    director
  28. 2021-11-10
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Alison Jayne resigned
    director
  29. 2021-11-10
    ➖
    WOODALL, Mark Andrew resigned
    director
  30. 2021-08-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  31. 2021-08-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  32. 2020-05-14
    ➖
    JENKINSON, Mark Ian resigned
    director
  33. 2020-05-14
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Michael Andrew appointed
    director
  34. 2019-05-31
    ➕
    FITZGERALD, Marion Cynthia appointed
    director
  35. 2019-05-31
    ➖
    FRYER, Mark Anthony resigned
    director
  36. 2019-05-31
    ➕
    JENKINSON, Mark Ian appointed
    director
  37. 2019-05-31
    ➖
    SMITH, Alan resigned
    director
  38. 2018-11-07
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Alison Jayne appointed
    director
  39. 2018-11-07
    ➕
    WOODALL, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  40. 2018-10-22
    ➖
    BATTEY, Ernest Stephen resigned
    director
  41. 2018-10-22
    ➖
    MARTINDALE, Mark Philip resigned
    director
  42. 2018-05-03
    ➕
    MARTINDALE, Mark Philip appointed
    director
  43. 2018-05-03
    ➖
    PAVLI, Paul Anthony resigned
    director
  44. 2016-07-05
    ➕
    PAVLI, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  45. 2016-06-09
    ➖
    FLYNN, Charles Matthew resigned
    director
  46. 2014-09-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Allerdale Investment Partnership LLP
  47. 2014-05-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.I.P. (ASHFIELD ROAD AND ELLERBECK LANE) LIMITED
  48. 2014-05-28
    ➕
    BATTEY, Ernest Stephen appointed
    director
  49. 2014-05-28
    ➕
    FLYNN, Charles Matthew appointed
    director
  50. 2014-05-28
    ➕
    FRYER, Mark Anthony appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

65/100
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 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Allerdale Investment Partnership Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Allerdale Investment Partnership Llp
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A.I.P. (ASHFIELD ROAD AND ELLERBECK LANE) LIMITED
This company · 09060077

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Allerdale Investment Partnership Llp
Corporate entity
75–100%
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.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Chester House Lloyd Drive
Cheshire Oaks Business Park
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 9HQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

FRYER, Mark Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICE, Edward Simon→
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, David Wilson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2021-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATTEY, Ernest Stephen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-05-28 · resigned 2018-10-22
Resigned
BROWN, Lisa Margaret, Councillor→
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-03-15 · resigned 2025-08-14
Resigned
FITZGERALD, Marion Cynthia→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-05-31 · resigned 2022-08-05
Resigned
FLYNN, Charles Matthew→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-05-28 · resigned 2016-06-09
Resigned
FRYER, Mark Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-05-28 · resigned 2019-05-31
Resigned
JENKINSON, Mark Ian→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-05-31 · resigned 2020-05-14
Resigned
JOHNSON, Michael Andrew→
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-05-14 · resigned 2024-03-15
Resigned
MARTINDALE, Mark Philip→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-05-03 · resigned 2018-10-22
Resigned
PAVLI, Paul Anthony→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-07-05 · resigned 2018-05-03
Resigned
SHARPE, Colin→
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-08-09 · resigned 2023-06-20
Resigned
SIMPSON, Alison Jayne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-11-07 · resigned 2021-11-10
Resigned
SMITH, Alan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-05-28 · resigned 2019-05-31
Resigned
WOODALL, Mark Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-11-07 · resigned 2021-11-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Allerdale Investment Partnership
Allerdale Investment Partnership LLP
A registered charge1 property23/09/2014—
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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-24