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ASHLIN FARM BARNS LTD
- · Lifecycle stage: established → zombie
- · Investment thesis: unclassified → zombie_hold
- · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
- · Hygiene score: 90 → 80
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "zombie"
Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 2 improved, 4 worsened.
- ↓Lifecycle stage: established → zombie
- ·Investment thesis: unclassified → zombie_hold
- ↓Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
- ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 80
- ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
- +3 more
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (47/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £11.03M | £11.00M |
| Current assets | £163.6k | £158.1k |
| Cash | £275 | £23.6k |
| Debtors | £163.3k | £134.5k |
| Net assets | £3.45M | £3.27M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
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- 2018-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHLIN FARM BARNS LTD
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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