ASCOT SIGNS LTD

📈Growthactive

NI616201 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-08

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 9.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£18.46M

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.8y

95/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 9.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 14 total, 14 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £4,345,698

Strong revenue growth

Turnover up 27% YoY

Turnover YoY

+27%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£18.46M	£14.55M
Gross profit	£7.85M	£6.59M
Operating profit	£4.28M	£3.05M
Profit before tax	£4.35M	£3.06M
Average employees	9000	8600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 accounts
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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2024-10-23
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2024-10-17
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2024-10-17
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2024-10-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-08
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MAMISCH, Tallal Charles, Dr appointed
director
2024-10-08
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MENDELSÖHN, Lorna appointed
director
2024-10-08
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PARSONS, Roger James resigned
director
2024-10-08
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WHITE, Alan Scott resigned
director
2024-10-08
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WHITE, Garth Andrew resigned
director
2024-10-08
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WHITE, Laurence Ivan resigned
director
2024-10-08
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WHITE, Terry resigned
director
2024-10-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-04-01
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WHITE, Andrew Scott resigned
director
2018-03-09
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PARSONS, Roger James appointed
director
2018-03-09
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WHITE, Alan Scott appointed
director
2018-03-09
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WHITE, Garth Andrew appointed
director
2018-03-09
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WHITE, Laurence Ivan appointed
director
2018-03-09
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WHITE, Terry appointed
director
2016-07-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2013-01-08
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Company incorporated
As ASCOT SIGNS LTD
2013-01-08
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WHITE, Andrew Scott appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean

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

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Lifco Ab

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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Maydown Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ASCOT SIGNS LTD

This company · NI616201

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lifco Ab Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	08/10/2024
Maydown Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	23/05/2021

12 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Anna Martina Whiteceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Mr Alan Scott Whiteceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Mrs Priscilla Anne Whiteceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Mr Terry Whiteceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Mr Laurence Ivan Whiteceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Mrs Stella Whiteceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Mr Garth Andrew Whiteceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Tina Whiteceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Mr Roger James Parsonsceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Lucy Parsonsceased 23/05/2021· significant influence
Mr Andrew Scott Whiteceased 23/05/2021· 50-75% shares
Mrs Heather Elizabeth Whiteceased 21/05/2021· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-01-08

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13b Carrakeel Drive

Maydown

Londonderry

BT47 6UQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-09

Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Joseph Bernard→

director · ~66y · appointed 2024-12-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MAMISCH, Tallal Charles, Dr→

director · ~51y · appointed 2024-10-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MENDELSÖHN, Lorna→

director · ~47y · appointed 2024-10-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PARSONS, Roger James→

director · ~55y · appointed 2018-03-09 · resigned 2024-10-08

Resigned

WHITE, Alan Scott→

director · ~44y · appointed 2018-03-09 · resigned 2024-10-08

Resigned

WHITE, Andrew Scott→

director · ~79y · appointed 2013-01-08 · resigned 2022-04-01

Resigned

WHITE, Garth Andrew→

director · ~49y · appointed 2018-03-09 · resigned 2024-10-08

Resigned

WHITE, Laurence Ivan→

director · ~45y · appointed 2018-03-09 · resigned 2024-10-08

Resigned

WHITE, Terry→

director · ~36y · appointed 2018-03-09 · resigned 2024-10-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	25/07/2016	20/02/2024

Recent filings (100 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium

accounts · AA

2026-04-01

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2026-02-11

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2026-01-30

capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares

capital · SH10

2026-01-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-01-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium

accounts · AA

2025-06-26

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-12-16

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-10-23

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2024-10-17

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2024-10-17

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2024-10-15

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-10-15

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-10-15

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-10-15