AINSLY LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10588575 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-27
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
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£184.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Special-situation opportunityDistressed retail with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.
Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 47/100. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 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
5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 6.6y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £184,762
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,612,254 YoY
Cash YoY
+20%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£11k
↑ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£185k
↓ 90% YoY
Current Assets
£583k
↓ 84% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.66M | £3.27M |
| Current assets | £583.4k | £3.75M |
| Cash | £11.3k | £9.4k |
| Debtors | £572.1k | £3.62M |
| Net assets | £184.8k | £1.80M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-27📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-11-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-26➖GLESSINGER, Philippe resigneddirector
- 2022-10-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-07-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-07-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-07-08🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Wti Fund X, Inc.
- 2022-07-08🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Venture Lending & Leasing Ix, Inc.
- 2022-07-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Venture Lending & Leasing Ix, Inc.
- 2022-01-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-01-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-12-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Venture Lending & Leasing Ix, Inc. as Lender
- 2019-11-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Venture Lending & Leasing Vii, Inc. as Lender
- 2019-08-19➖CLIFFORD, Giles Timothy resigneddirector
- 2019-08-19➕GLESSINGER, Philippe appointeddirector
- 2018-07-17➕SETON ROGERS, Sean appointeddirector
- 2018-07-17➕CLIFFORD, Giles Timothy appointeddirector
- 2017-01-27🏢Company incorporatedAs AINSLY LIMITED
- 2017-01-27➕HINDE, Ashleigh appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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 signalLimited 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
1 high · 1 lowConfirmation statement overdue
highAnnual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-10
5 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Ashleigh Hinde Individual · South African · DOB 08/1988 · age 38 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 27/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Registered office
Office 4 Sunningend Business Centre
22 Lansdown Industrial Estate
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL51 8PL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-10OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-27
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
HINDE, Ashleigh→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2017-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SETON ROGERS, Sean→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2018-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLIFFORD, Giles Timothy→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2018-07-17 · resigned 2019-08-19
GLESSINGER, Philippe→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2019-08-19 · resigned 2023-10-26
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
5
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Wti Fund X, . Wti Fund X, Inc. | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/07/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Venture Lending & Leasing Ix, . Venture Lending & Leasing Ix, Inc. | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/07/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Venture Lending & Leasing Ix, . / Wti Fund X, . Venture Lending & Leasing Ix, Inc. / Wti Fund X, Inc. | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/07/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Venture Lending & Leasing Ix, . as Lender Venture Lending & Leasing Ix, Inc. as Lender | A registered charge | — | 07/11/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Venture Lending & Leasing Vii, . as Lender Venture Lending & Leasing Vii, Inc. as Lender | A registered charge | — | 07/11/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (51 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-13