ASPIRER LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14543727 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-15
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 2026
Net worth
£-86.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £86,435

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£86k
Current Assets
£154k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-31
Total assets£113.3k
Current assets£154.2k
Net assets£-86.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-12-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASPIRER LTD
  7. 2022-12-15
    DARWEN, Arron Joseph appointed
    director
  8. 2022-12-15
    FIRTH, Jodie appointed
    director
  9. 2022-12-15
    📄
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Jodie Firth
Individual · British · DOB 06/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/12/2022
Mr Arron Joseph Darwen
Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/12/2022

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
Incorporated2022-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

29 Whitegate Drive
Blackpool
FY3 9AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DARWEN, Arron Joseph
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-12-15
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Active
FIRTH, Jodie
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-12-15
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-15