OLIVER ASHWORTH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09361356 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-18
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.
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 11.2y

25/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 11 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £0

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£0£-5.5k
Average employees2300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-06
    ➕
    SYKES, Leslie appointed
    director
  5. 2023-01-06
    ➖
    GABY, James Langwade, Mr. resigned
    director
  6. 2023-01-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-01-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-07-12
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2022-07-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2022-07-06
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  13. 2022-06-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2022-05-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
  15. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-05-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-04-05
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    ALSEM, Robbert Jan resigned
    director
  18. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-05-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2020-05-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2020-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-09-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  23. 2018-05-24
    ➕
    SMITHERS, Brian David appointed
    director
  24. 2018-05-24
    ➕
    ALSEM, Robbert Jan appointed
    director
  25. 2017-12-01
    ➕
    GABY, James Langwade, Mr. appointed
    director
  26. 2017-12-01
    ➖
    GROVE, Jonathon David resigned
    director
  27. 2017-12-01
    ➖
    LITWINOWICZ, Leszek Richard resigned
    director
  28. 2017-11-02
    ➖
    WOODCOCK, Kevin resigned
    director
  29. 2017-08-24
    ➖
    DAWSON, David Murray resigned
    director
  30. 2017-08-24
    ➖
    MCEWAN, Andrew resigned
    director
  31. 2017-08-24
    ➕
    WOODCOCK, Kevin appointed
    director
  32. 2017-06-23
    ➖
    KENYON, Christopher resigned
    director
  33. 2016-12-09
    ➕
    DAWSON, David Murray appointed
    director
  34. 2016-12-09
    ➕
    KENYON, Christopher appointed
    director
  35. 2016-12-09
    ➕
    MCEWAN, Andrew appointed
    director
  36. 2015-02-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited T/a Shawbrook Business Credit
  37. 2015-02-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Jon Grove as Security Trustee
  38. 2015-01-29
    ➕
    GROVE, Jonathon David appointed
    director
  39. 2015-01-29
    ➕
    LITWINOWICZ, Leszek Richard appointed
    director
  40. 2015-01-29
    ➖
    WILKEY, Richard Geraint resigned
    director
  41. 2014-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As OLIVER ASHWORTH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  42. 2014-12-18
    ➕
    WILKEY, Richard Geraint appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Ashworth Integrated Solutions Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ashworth Integrated Solutions Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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OLIVER ASHWORTH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
This company · 09361356

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
Ashworth Integrated Solutions Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/05/2022
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr. James Langwade Gabyceased 04/10/2018· significant influence
  • Mr Jonathon David Groveceased 01/12/2017· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Leszek Richard Litwinowiczceased 01/12/2017· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Trevor Middletonceased 01/12/2017· 25-50% shares

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Oliver Ashworth Limited
Mill Hill Street
Bolton
BL2 2AB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

SMITHERS, Brian David→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SYKES, Leslie→
director · ~50y · appointed 2023-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALSEM, Robbert Jan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-05-24 · resigned 2021-04-05
Resigned
DAWSON, David Murray→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-12-09 · resigned 2017-08-24
Resigned
GABY, James Langwade, Mr.→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-12-01 · resigned 2023-01-06
Resigned
GROVE, Jonathon David→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-01-29 · resigned 2017-12-01
Resigned
KENYON, Christopher→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-12-09 · resigned 2017-06-23
Resigned
LITWINOWICZ, Leszek Richard→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-01-29 · resigned 2017-12-01
Resigned
MCEWAN, Andrew→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-12-09 · resigned 2017-08-24
Resigned
WILKEY, Richard Geraint→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-12-18 · resigned 2015-01-29
Resigned
WOODCOCK, Kevin→
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-08-24 · resigned 2017-11-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Shawbrook
Shawbrook Bank Limited
A registered charge—30/05/2022—
outstanding
Shawbrook
Shawbrook Bank Limited T/a Shawbrook Business Credit
A registered charge6 properties28/02/2015—
outstanding
Jon Grove as Security Trustee
A registered charge1 property28/02/2015—
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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-07-12
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-07-06
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-07-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-01