ACCESSORIES 4 YOU (ASHTON) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10155983 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47890
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£217£434£650£867£1kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£1.1k
Current assets—£926
Net assets—£1.1k
Average employees200—

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-25
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    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-05-07
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    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2018-03-19
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-03-19
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-03-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-03-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2018-03-14
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    LEADER, Stanley appointed
    director
  18. 2018-03-14
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    HARRIS, Gary Andrew resigned
    director
  19. 2016-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESSORIES 4 YOU (ASHTON) LIMITED
  20. 2016-04-29
    ➕
    HARRIS, Gary Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stanley Leader
Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80
75–100%
—75-100% shares14/03/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gary Andrew Harrisceased 14/03/2018· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2016-04-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47890 — SIC 47890

Registered office

Brulimar House
Jubilee Road
Middleton, Manchester
M24 2LX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LEADER, Stanley→
director · ~80y · appointed 2018-03-14
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Active
HARRIS, Gary Andrew→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-04-29 · resigned 2018-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-20