ASHGROVE ONE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09579102 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-07
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment 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 (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -82% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (90/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,179,600 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 82% YoY
Cash YoY
-82%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↓ 82% YoY
Net Worth
£1
↓ 100% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↑ 1608% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£836k£1.7m£2.5m£3.3m£4.2mMay 2023May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-312023-05-31
Total assets£1£4.18M£3.98M
Current assets£1.64M£96.1k£196.5k
Cash£17.1k£96.1k£196.5k
Debtors£1.63M
Net assets£1£4.18M£3.98M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-21
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-05-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-24
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  6. 2024-07-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-07-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-06-17
    RICE, Sean Edward appointed
    director
  9. 2024-06-17
    WEBB, Ian Arthur appointed
    director
  10. 2024-06-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-05-28
    RAWSON, Anthony James resigned
    director
  13. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-02-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-05-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASHGROVE ONE LIMITED
  19. 2015-05-07
    RAWSON, Anthony James appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
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.
  • 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

Executors Of A J Rawson Will is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Executors Of A J Rawson Will
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ASHGROVE ONE LIMITED
This company · 09579102

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
Executors Of A J Rawson Will
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest29/05/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony James Rawsonceased 28/05/2024· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Grosvenor House
1 New Road
Brixham
Devon
TQ5 8LZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

RICE, Sean Edward
director · ~78y · appointed 2024-06-17
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Active
WEBB, Ian Arthur
director · ~77y · appointed 2024-06-17
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Active
RAWSON, Anthony James
director · ~83y · appointed 2015-05-07 · resigned 2024-05-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2024-07-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12