ASHBROOKE TREE SERVICES LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11339407 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-01
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 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
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · IFRS| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2022-07-28📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-05-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHBROOKE TREE SERVICES LTD
- 2018-05-01➕BURTON, John Ridley appointeddirector
- 2018-05-01➕BURTON, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2018-05-01📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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John Ridley Burton Individual · British · DOB 04/1997 · age 29 | 75–100% | 25–50% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 01/05/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Michael John Burtonceased 17/01/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities
Registered office
Analysis House
119 Sea Road, Fulwell
Sunderland,
Tyne & Wear,
SR6 9EQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BURTON, John Ridley→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2018-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURTON, Michael John→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2018-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (23 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-07-28
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28