ACCESS IRRIGATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01291598 · ltd · incorporated 1976-12-21
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 33.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£529.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 33.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
107 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 £529,453
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,364 YoY
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£54k
↑ 4.1% YoY
Net Worth
£529k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£619k
↑ 4.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £530.4k | £543.4k |
| Current assets | £619.2k | £595.5k |
| Cash | £54.5k | £52.4k |
| Debtors | £124.3k | £96.7k |
| Net assets | £529.5k | £538.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-23📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2020-06-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-06-23📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-01-31➖CLARKE, Michael Alan resignedsecretary
- 2014-01-31➖CLARKE, Michael Alan resigneddirector
- 2005-12-31➕CLARKE, Michael Alan appointedsecretary
- 2005-12-31➖PEARCE, Donald Francis resignedsecretary
- 2005-12-31➖PEARCE, Donald Francis resigneddirector
- 2005-10-31➖HOWARD, Christopher Charles resigneddirector
- 2000-01-15➖CLARKE, Alan Charles resigneddirector
- 1997-07-01➕HOWARD, Christopher Charles appointeddirector
- 1997-06-30➖PEARCE, David Mervyn resigneddirector
- 1996-06-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1995-12-01➕PEARCE, Matthew Dorian appointeddirector
- 1995-12-01➕CLARKE, Michael Alan appointeddirector
- 1994-08-23➖PEARCE, Graham resigneddirector
- 1993-03-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1976-12-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCESS IRRIGATION 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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew Dorian Pearce Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 12/10/2016 |
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
Incorporated1976-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
15 Yelvertoft Road
Crick
Northampton
NN6 7XS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17
Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)
Active
PEARCE, Matthew Dorian→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 1995-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARKE, Michael Alan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-12-31 · resigned 2014-01-31
PEARCE, Donald Francis→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2005-12-31
CLARKE, Alan Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 2000-01-15
CLARKE, Michael Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 2014-01-31
HOWARD, Christopher Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2005-10-31
PEARCE, David Mervyn→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 1997-06-30
PEARCE, Donald Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · resigned 2005-12-31
PEARCE, Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~114y · resigned 1994-08-23
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 17/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 08/03/1993 | — |
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Recent filings (107 total)
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2025-09-29
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2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2024-09-26
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2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-06-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-06-23
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2020-06-23