ACCESS HARDWARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01958183 · ltd · incorporated 1985-11-13

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 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	1000	1000

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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accounts · AA
2025-01-29
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-29
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-01-28
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accounts · AA
2024-09-17
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address · AD01
2024-09-12
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address · AD01
2023-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-01-12
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capital · SH10
2021-01-12
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capital · SH08
2020-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-24
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mortgage · MR01
2020-07-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-07
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accounts · AA
2018-01-31
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accounts · AA
2012-11-01
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LOWNDES, Adam Francis appointed
director
2012-11-01
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LOWNDES, Carrie Louise Elizabeth appointed
director
1985-11-13
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Company incorporated
As ACCESS HARDWARE LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Elizabeth Mary Lowndes Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Douglas Francis Lowndes Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1985-11-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

91 Heming Road

Washford Industrial Estate

Redditch

B98 0EA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17