A.1 TAXIS OF ILFORD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01199191 · ltd · incorporated 1975-02-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 33.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£122.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
132 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £122,864
Cash YoY
+77%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£7k
↑ 77% YoY
Net Worth
£123k
↑ 267% YoY
Current Assets
£105k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £584.3k | £580.8k |
| Current assets | £104.9k | £94.9k |
| Cash | £6.8k | £3.8k |
| Debtors | £94.0k | £82.6k |
| Net assets | £122.9k | £33.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-03-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-02-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-27➖KOVLER, Craig Neil resigneddirector
- 2019-11-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-11-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-11-05📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-10-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2019-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2005-06-20➕KOVLER, Craig Neil appointeddirector
- 2004-08-09➖KOVLER, Craig Neil resigneddirector
- 2003-11-14➕KOVLER, Howard Clive appointeddirector
- 2003-01-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1996-05-29➕KOVLER, Craig Neil appointeddirector
- 1992-12-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Close Brothers Limited
- 1975-02-05🏢Company incorporatedAs A.1 TAXIS OF ILFORD LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Howard Clive Kovler Individual · British · DOB 07/1978 · age 48 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ivan Franklin Kovlerceased 23/07/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1975-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320
Registered office
19-20 Bourne Court Southend Road
Woodford Green
Essex
IG8 8HD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
KOVLER, Howard Clive→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2003-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KOVLER, Craig Neil→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2005-06-20 · resigned 2020-01-27
KOVLER, Craig Neil→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 1996-05-29 · resigned 2004-08-09
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 16/01/2003 | — | |
| outstanding | Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited | Credit agreement | 1 property | 23/12/1992 | — |
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Recent filings (132 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-25