ASHBROOK RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC161707 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Market research and public opinion polling
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£16k£31k£47k£62k£78kJan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets—£59.2k
Current assets—£77.9k
Cash—£32.8k
Debtors—£45.2k
Net assets—£58.6k
Average employees7—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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  2. 2025-05-08
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  3. 2024-12-12
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-18
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  5. 2023-04-05
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  6. 2022-04-05
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  7. 2021-03-30
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  8. 2020-10-12
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  9. 2019-04-18
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  10. 2018-04-17
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  11. 2017-05-13
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  12. 2016-04-14
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  13. 2015-12-09
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  14. 2015-04-09
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-09
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  16. 1999-02-17
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    JOHNSTONE, Kenneth resigned
    director
  17. 1999-02-15
    ➖
    HALES, Ian Alexander resigned
    director
  18. 1995-11-20
    ➕
    BROOKS, David Mcrobert appointed
    secretary
  19. 1995-11-20
    ➕
    BROOKS, David Mcrobert appointed
    director
  20. 1995-11-20
    ➕
    BROOKS, Janet Service appointed
    director
  21. 1995-11-20
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1995-11-20
    ➕
    HALES, Ian Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 1995-11-20
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, Kenneth appointed
    director
  24. 1995-11-20
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1995-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHBROOK RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  26. 1995-11-17
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-11-17
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

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 David Mcrobert Brooks
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Janet Service Brooks
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC73200 — Market research and public opinion polling

Registered office

Suite 2/3 48 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 1BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BROOKS, David Mcrobert→
secretary · appointed 1995-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKS, David Mcrobert→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKS, Janet Service→
director · ~56y · appointed 1995-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1995-11-20
Resigned
HALES, Ian Alexander→
director · ~77y · appointed 1995-11-20 · resigned 1999-02-15
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, Kenneth→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-11-20 · resigned 1999-02-17
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1995-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09