ASHLEY JAMES PUBS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12908275 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-28
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHLEY JAMES PUBS LTD
- 2020-09-28➕HOWARTH, Philip James appointeddirector
- 2020-09-28➕MCDONALD, John Ashley appointeddirector
- 2020-09-28📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Mcdonald Individual · British · DOB 11/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 28/09/2020 |
Mr Philip James Howarth Individual · British · DOB 06/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 28/09/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A B C DIRECT LIMITED→ 05054844 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
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| ASPIRE WILLS LIMITED→ 10575055 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ASSOCIATED WELLBEING LIMITED→ 11134634 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH ACCOUNTANTS AND TREASURERS CORPORATE TRUSTEE LIMITED→ 10228260 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-09-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
6-8 Lord Street West
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 1JX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HOWARTH, Philip James→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2020-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDONALD, John Ashley→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2020-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (12 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-09-28