TIDELINE INVESTMENTS LTD
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.9y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 0.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-26📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-07-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-06-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2025-05-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-18✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-04-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-01-13📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-01-04📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-11-27➖SILVER, Crystal Angela resigneddirector
- 2023-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-06🏢Company incorporatedAs TIDELINE INVESTMENTS LTD
- 2021-04-06➕ASHTON, Thomas James, Dr appointeddirector
- 2021-04-06➕SILVER, Crystal Angela appointeddirector
- 2021-04-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Thomas James Ashton Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Ms Crystal Angela Silverceased 27/11/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/06/2025 | — |