ASPENHURST LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15029548 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-26
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-31
Total assets£100
Current assets£100
Cash£100
Net assets£100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
3
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-05-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-04-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2025-05-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASPENHURST LIMITED
  7. 2023-07-26
    MOORE, Paul appointed
    director
  8. 2023-07-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Moore
Individual · English · DOB 03/1944 · age 82
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

16 The Courtyard Gorsey Lane
Birmingham
Warwickshire
B46 1JA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MOORE, Paul
director · ~82y · appointed 2023-07-26
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Recent filings (9 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-26