ASHBURY PUBLICATIONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10825374 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-19
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-16.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £16,471
Cash YoY
-11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 11% YoY
Net Worth
-£16k
↑ 51% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£33k-£24k-£14k-£4k£5k£15kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-16.5k£-24.3k
Current assets£13.2k£14.8k
Cash£5.6k£6.3k
Debtors£7.6k£8.5k
Net assets£-16.5k£-33.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-06-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHBURY PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
  10. 2017-06-19
    ➕
    ASHLEY, Janet appointed
    director
  11. 2017-06-19
    ➕
    NORBURY, Amy Rose appointed
    director
  12. 2017-06-19
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 76 — 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

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 76 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Amy Rose Norbury
Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control19/06/2017

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
Incorporated2017-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

54 Redbrook Lane
Rugeley
Staffordshire
WS15 1AA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-02
Last: 2026-06-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ASHLEY, Janet→
director · ~76y · appointed 2017-06-19
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Active
NORBURY, Amy Rose→
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-06-19
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-06