ASHFORD RENEWABLES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC504549 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-28
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
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 42220
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
31 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-02-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-22
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-07-18
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2020-06-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHFORD RENEWABLES LIMITED
  18. 2015-04-28
    DALEY, Warren Albert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Warren Albert Daley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting31/01/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ashford Group Limitedceased 31/01/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2015-04-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42220 — SIC 42220

Registered office

Letham Farmhouse Farmstead Road
Dalgety Bay
Fife
KY11 9HW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-12
Last: 2025-04-28

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DALEY, Warren Albert
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-04-28
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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-25