ASHALL DEVELOPMENTS (SOUTH LAKES) LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12554167 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£8.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 5.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £8,404
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,652 YoY
Cash YoY
+170%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£29k
↑ 170% YoY
Net Worth
£8k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↓ 7.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £685.4k | £675.7k |
| Current assets | £53.2k | £57.5k |
| Cash | £28.8k | £10.7k |
| Debtors | £24.4k | £46.9k |
| Net assets | £8.4k | £12.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-05-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2021-03-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-03-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2020-04-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHALL DEVELOPMENTS (SOUTH LAKES) LIMITED
- 2020-04-14➕ASHALL, Anthony Mark appointeddirector
- 2020-04-14➕ATKINSON, Simon Richard appointeddirector
- 2020-04-14📄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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ASHALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 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 64. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony Mark Ashall Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 14/04/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APOLLO KALLIDUS MIDCO LIMITED→ 11858430 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| APPLEJACKS FARM LTD→ 11445197 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| APPLETON MEWS MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 02288102 · est 1988 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 37y | — | — |
| APPLETON UTILITY HOLDINGS LTD→ 11908303 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AQUASERV (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ 14154383 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AQUILLUM HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 16526754 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ARCA 888 LIMITED→ 15906889 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ARIAN EMS GROUP FINANCE LIMITED→ 16333635 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ARTIENNE GROUP LIMITED→ 11256846 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ARU INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ 12302613 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| ASCOT COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 02508245 · est 1990 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | — | — |
| ASHALL PROJECTS (BLACKPOOL) LIMITED→ 13371472 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
8 Winmarleigh Street
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1JW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ASHALL, Anthony Mark→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2020-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ATKINSON, Simon Richard→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2020-04-14
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/05/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/03/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-12