ASHDOWN HURREY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

Company number 02873492 ·

Liquidation

Executive summary

Ashdown Hurrey (Holdings) Limited is a non-trading holding vehicle for a regional accountancy practice (Ashdown Hurrey LLP) that exhibits clear signs of mature-phase capital extraction rather than growth. The 66% decline in shareholders' funds over eight years (from £1.84 million to £616 thousand), combined with the company's dissolved status, suggests the holding structure is being wound down — likely reflecting partner retirements and succession events at the underlying practice. While the clean balance sheet and ongoing LLP investment indicate the practice itself continues to operate, the holding company's trajectory is one of managed decline rather than strategic accumulation, a pattern increasingly common among independent regional accountancy firms facing sector consolidation pressures.

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Shareholders' funds

£615,814

Balance sheet as at 2023-03-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1993-11-19
Dissolved
2026-08-08
Registered office
1 Radian Court, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 8PJ
Postcode
MK5 8PJ
Capital
88 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2023-03-31
Financial year end
30 September

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-01-04
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 74990 Non-trading company

Officers 5 current · 13 resigned

Appointed 2010-04-01
Appointed 2007-12-10
Appointed 2007-12-10
Appointed 2006-02-27
Appointed 2003-09-01

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Contact details

Website
ashdownhurrey.co.uk
Phone
01424 720222, 01424 730300, 01424 739234

ICAEW-qualified accountants in Hastings TN34, Bexhill and Battle. Ashdown Hurrey serves East Sussex businesses and individuals. Established since the 1980s.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
THE ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SCHEME BROKERAGE LTD1997-08-22
GARAGEBASIC TRADING LIMITED1994-01-24

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
ASHDOWN HOUSE, 2 EVERSFIELD ROAD, EASTBOURNE, EAST SUSSEX BN21 2AS2006-01-30
28 WILTON ROAD, BEXHILL ON SEA, EAST SUSSEX, TN40 1EZ1997-06-29
28 WILTON ROAD, BEXHILL ON SEA, EAST SUSSEX, TN40 1EZ1994-01-15
2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB1993-12-23

The class of 1993

34%

of the 1,318 companies in this sector incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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