ASTONDOWN PROPERTIES LLP

💤Zombieactive
OC314171 · llp · incorporated 2005-07-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.8y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-25
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-15
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  5. 2024-05-20
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    change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-previous-shortened
    accounts · LLAA01
  6. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-17
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  8. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-15
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  10. 2022-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR01
  12. 2021-08-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Sg Kleinwort Hambros Bank Limited
  13. 2021-07-15
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  14. 2021-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-07-28
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  16. 2020-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  18. 2019-07-15
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  19. 2019-07-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
  20. 2019-07-15
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    change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH01
  21. 2019-07-15
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    change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH01
  22. 2019-07-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
  23. 2019-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-07-16
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  25. 2018-07-16
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    termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
    officers · LLTM01
  26. 2018-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2018-04-01
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    HARGRAVE, Melvyn Robert resigned
    llp-designated-member
  28. 2017-07-17
    ➕
    DAVIS, Alexander Phinny appointed
    llp-designated-member
  29. 2017-07-17
    ➕
    DAVIS, Georgia appointed
    llp-designated-member
  30. 2017-07-17
    ➕
    DAVIS, Jessica appointed
    llp-designated-member
  31. 2013-08-01
    ➕
    DAVIS, Emma appointed
    llp-designated-member
  32. 2008-09-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  33. 2006-09-26
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    HARGRAVE, Melvyn Robert appointed
    llp-designated-member
  34. 2005-07-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTONDOWN PROPERTIES LLP
  35. 2005-07-15
    ➕
    DAVIS, Simon Henry appointed
    llp-designated-member
  36. 2005-07-15
    ➕
    WARD, Timothy Stephen appointed
    llp-designated-member
  37. 2005-07-15
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    llp-designated-member
  38. 2005-07-15
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    llp-designated-member
  39. 2005-07-15
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    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  40. 2005-07-15
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-llp-designated-member

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Henry Davis
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence16/07/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Melvyn Robert Hargraveceased 16/07/2018· significant influence

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2005-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—

Registered office

The Barn
Nan Clarks Lane
London
NW7 4HH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

DAVIS, Alexander Phinny→
llp-designated-member · ~30y · appointed 2017-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Emma→
llp-designated-member · ~49y · appointed 2013-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Georgia→
llp-designated-member · ~30y · appointed 2017-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Jessica→
llp-designated-member · ~30y · appointed 2017-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Simon Henry→
llp-designated-member · ~60y · appointed 2005-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARD, Timothy Stephen→
llp-designated-member · ~61y · appointed 2005-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARGRAVE, Melvyn Robert→
llp-designated-member · ~82y · appointed 2006-09-26 · resigned 2018-04-01
Resigned
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
llp-designated-member · ~80y · appointed 2005-07-15 · resigned 2005-07-15
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2005-07-15 · resigned 2005-07-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Sg Kleinwort Hambros Bank
Sg Kleinwort Hambros Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property24/08/2021—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of deposit1 property24/09/2008—
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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-07-15
change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-previous-shortened
accounts · LLAA01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2020-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-06