ASKHAM MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05838596 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-06
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-18
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2019-01-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-15
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  13. 2018-08-13
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-08-01
    ➕
    BANKS, Anne Margaret appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-08-01
    ➕
    BANKS, Anne Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2006-08-01
    ➕
    HODGSON, Brian Denis appointed
    director
  20. 2006-08-01
    ➖
    PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-08-01
    ➖
    PRIMA DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2006-06-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ASKHAM MOTORS LIMITED
  23. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-06-06
    ➕
    PRIMA DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Anne Margaret Banks
Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Brian Denis Hodgsonceased 13/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2006-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Croftlands
Askham
Penrith
Cumbria
CA10 2PL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BANKS, Anne Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-01
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Active
BANKS, Anne Margaret→
director · ~79y · appointed 2006-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HODGSON, Brian Denis→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-06-06 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned
PRIMA DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-06-06 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-12