ASHCROFT YARD LIMITED

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16831994 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2025-11-04
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASHCROFT YARD LIMITED
  3. 2025-11-04
    GALATI, Daniel appointed
    director
  4. 2025-11-04
    MARTIN-O'MALLEY, Michael John appointed
    director
  5. 2025-11-04
    SEDDON, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
    director
  6. 2025-11-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2025-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 2 Ashcroft Yard
Church Street
Saffron Walden
CB10 1JW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-04
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last:

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GALATI, Daniel
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-11-04
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MARTIN-O'MALLEY, Michael John
director · ~80y · appointed 2025-11-04
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Active
SEDDON, Sarah Elizabeth
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-11-04
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Recent filings (2 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-11-04