ASHBY MILES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15528434 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-28
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
£310.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of financial services holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
6 filings
60
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.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £310,751

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£311k
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£1.84M
Current assets£100
Net assets£310.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASHBY MILES LTD
  4. 2024-02-28
    MILES, Matthew James appointed
    director
  5. 2024-02-28
    MILES, Nicola Jane appointed
    director
  6. 2024-02-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +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 "MILES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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
Mr Matthew James Miles
Individual · British · DOB 08/1987 · age 39
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2024
Mrs Nicola Jane Miles
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64205 — Activities of financial services holding companies

Registered office

Foveran
Lingfield Road
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 2JW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MILES, Matthew James
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-02-28
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Active
MILES, Nicola Jane
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-02-28
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-28