ASK PROPERTY INVESTMENT GROUP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13690837 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-20
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-78.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £78,725
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
-£79k
↓ 572% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 86% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£79k-£51k-£23k£5k£32k£60kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-78.7k£-11.7k
Current assets£8.6k£60.2k
Cash£2£436
Debtors£8.6k£11.0k
Net assets£-78.7k£-11.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-01-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-01-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2025-01-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-07-31
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2023-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-03-01
    KNIGHTLY, Karen Louise appointed
    director
  12. 2021-11-15
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2021-10-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASK PROPERTY INVESTMENT GROUP LTD
  14. 2021-10-20
    ALLEN, Matthew Benjamin appointed
    director
  15. 2021-10-20
    SOUTHWARD, Julia Ann appointed
    director
  16. 2021-10-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Property & Partners Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Southward-Knightly Property Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ASK PROPERTY INVESTMENT GROUP LTD
This company · 13690837

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Property & Partners Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares20/10/2021
Southward-Knightly Property Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares20/10/2021

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
Incorporated2021-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

The Barn Brighton Road
Lower Beeding
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 6PT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ALLEN, Matthew Benjamin
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-10-20
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Active
KNIGHTLY, Karen Louise
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-03-01
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Active
SOUTHWARD, Julia Ann
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-10-20
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Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-01-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-06
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-11-15