ASHWEIR LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
FC020783 · oversea-company · incorporated 1997-08-13
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (51/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2024-11-07📄change-company-details-by-uk-establishment-overseas-company-with-change-detailsother · OSCH01
- 2021-11-18📄change-company-details-by-uk-establishment-overseas-company-with-change-detailsother · OSCH01
- 2021-11-16📄change-company-details-overseas-company-with-change-detailsother · OSCH02
- 2020-01-21📄appoint-person-director-overseas-company-with-name-appointment-dateofficers · OSAP01
- 2018-03-21➕SALVESEN, Francis Robin Charles appointeddirector
- 2013-07-22📄termination-person-director-overseas-company-with-nameofficers · OSTM01
- 2010-05-13➖PRINGLE, Alice Christian resigneddirector
- 2008-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2007-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2006-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2006-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2005-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2003-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2001-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1999-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1999-06-13📄legacyannual-return · BR4
- 1998-04-20📄legacyaccounts · 225
- 1997-12-29➕FIRST ISLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1997-12-29➕CLARK, Ian Robert appointeddirector
- 1997-12-29➕STOCKTON, Paul Richard appointeddirector
- 1997-12-29➕PRINGLE, Alice Christian appointeddirector
- 1997-12-29📄legacyincorporation · BR1-PAR
- 1997-12-29📄legacyincorporation · BR1-BCH
- 1997-12-29📄legacyincorporation · BR1
- 1997-08-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ASHWEIR LIMITED
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| BERWICK (JERSEY) LIMITED→ FC021103 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | 80 | 82y |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1997-08-13
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
1 Waverley Place
Uion Street
St Helier
Jersey Channel Islands
JE4 8SG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2007-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
FIRST ISLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 1997-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARK, Ian Robert→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 1997-12-29
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SALVESEN, Francis Robin Charles→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2018-03-21
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STOCKTON, Paul Richard→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 1997-12-29
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PRINGLE, Alice Christian→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 1997-12-29 · resigned 2010-05-13
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Recent filings (20 total)
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2024-11-07
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other · OSCH01
2021-11-18
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other · OSCH02
2021-11-16
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2020-01-21
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officers · OSTM01
2013-07-22
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2008-05-07
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2007-10-10
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2006-10-16
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2006-04-24
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2005-08-02
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2003-07-10
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2002-07-16
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2001-09-27
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2000-11-07
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1999-07-14