ACCESS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01873263 · ltd · incorporated 1984-12-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
7 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 31.8y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
149 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,895,679
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £1.90M | £-29.0k |
| Average employees | 75 | 7500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-10-15➕ABDELAHAD, Lena Theresa, Ms. appointeddirector
- 2025-10-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-05📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-03-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-06-30➖CURRIE, Steven James resigneddirector
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-10-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-22➕CURRIE, Steven James appointeddirector
- 2022-08-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-12➖GLASS, Rodney Christopher resigneddirector
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-02-18➖CRUMLEY, Laura Lynn resigneddirector
- 2022-01-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-01-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-14➕HIGGINS, Karen appointedsecretary
- 2020-08-14➕LIDEFELT, Björn Einar appointeddirector
- 2020-08-14➖HALL, Lorraine Claire resignedsecretary
- 2020-08-14➕CRUMLEY, Laura Lynn appointeddirector
- 2020-08-14➕GLASS, Rodney Christopher appointeddirector
- 2020-08-14➖NAKACH, Guy Franck Maurice resigneddirector
- 2020-08-14➖WILLIAMS, Colin Lindsay resigneddirector
- 2020-08-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-14🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2020-08-14🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2020-08-14🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2020-08-14🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2020-08-04🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2015-10-02➕WILLIAMS, Colin Lindsay appointeddirector
- 2015-10-02➖WYLIE, Katherine resigneddirector
- 2015-10-02➖WYLIE, Roger Roland George resigneddirector
- 2015-10-02🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Mobeus Income & Growth Vct PLC
- 2015-10-02🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Mobeus Income & Growth 2 Vct PLC
- 2015-10-02🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Mobeus Income & Growth 4 Vct PLC
- 2015-10-02🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2015-10-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Income & Growth Vct PLC
- 2014-02-21➕NAKACH, Guy Franck Maurice appointeddirector
- 2013-09-09➕WYLIE, Katherine appointeddirector
- 2012-10-29➖COOK, Paul David resigneddirector
- 2012-09-08🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2012-04-02➕COOK, Paul David appointeddirector
- 2001-03-15🔓Charge satisfied #1
Showing most recent 50 of 58 events
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Hid Corporation Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Hid Corporation Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ACCESS LIMITED
This company · 01873263
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Hid Corporation Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 25/01/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Hid Corporation Limitedceased 25/01/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Azio Limitedceased 25/01/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-VIA LTD→ 12363661 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 2 SISTERS PRINTING LTD→ 15122354 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 3D RAPID PRINT LIMITED→ 10605967 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| 3M UNITED KINGDOM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY→ 01123045 · est 1973 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 52y | — | — |
| 3T ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POLYMERS LTD→ 12685978 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| 442 EVENTS LIMITED→ 05811625 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| 4FRONT ELECTRICAL LTD→ 10500380 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| A1 SOVEREIGN LIMITED→ 05723611 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ABSOLUTE REFLECTIONS LTD→ 07381048 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| ACD GSE LTD→ 09585556 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ACERSTEEL LTD→ 11658990 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ACOLOCA LIMITED→ 05224283 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 18 Suttons Business Park
Sutton Park Avenue
Reading
RG6 1AZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01
Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)
Active
ABDELAHAD, Lena Theresa, Ms.→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2025-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LIDEFELT, Björn Einar→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-08-14
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BARKER, Caroline Mary→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1994-08-10
HALL, Lorraine Claire→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-08-10 · resigned 2020-08-14
BARKER, Caroline Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · resigned 1994-08-10
BARKER, Keith Stansfield→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 1994-08-20
CHEW, Hilary Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · resigned 1994-08-10
COOK, Paul David→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2012-04-02 · resigned 2012-10-29
CRUMLEY, Laura Lynn→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2020-08-14 · resigned 2022-02-18
CURRIE, Steven James→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2022-09-22 · resigned 2024-06-30
GLASS, Rodney Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-08-14 · resigned 2022-08-12
NAKACH, Guy Franck Maurice→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2014-02-21 · resigned 2020-08-14
WILLIAMS, Colin Lindsay→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2015-10-02 · resigned 2020-08-14
WYLIE, Katherine→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2013-09-09 · resigned 2015-10-02
WYLIE, Roger Roland George→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · resigned 2015-10-02
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Mortgages & charges
7
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Mobeus Income & Growth Vct Mobeus Income & Growth Vct PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/10/2015 | 14/08/2020 | |
| satisfied | Mobeus Income & Growth 2 Vct Mobeus Income & Growth 2 Vct PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/10/2015 | 14/08/2020 | |
| satisfied | Mobeus Income & Growth 4 Vct Mobeus Income & Growth 4 Vct PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/10/2015 | 14/08/2020 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 02/10/2015 | 04/08/2020 | |
| satisfied | The Income & Growth Vct The Income & Growth Vct PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/10/2015 | 14/08/2020 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 10/08/1994 | 08/09/2012 | |
| satisfied | 3I Group 3I Group PLC | Collateral debenture | 1 property | 10/08/1994 | 15/03/2001 |
Recent filings (149 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-03-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-10-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-29