ASHLEY LAW FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10818154 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-14
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). 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: medium (70/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-29
Average employees0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHLEY LAW FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  13. 2017-06-14
    ➕
    HOBIN, Steven appointed
    director
  14. 2017-06-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 70 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 Steven Hobin
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/06/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Pamela Hobinceased 26/05/2022· 25-50% 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
Incorporated2017-06-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

76c Davyhulme Road
Urmston
Manchester
M41 7DN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-09
Last: 2026-05-26

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HOBIN, Steven→
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-06-14
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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17