A1 TPS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02313358 · ltd · incorporated 1988-11-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.31M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 36.0y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
152 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.

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Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,312,319
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,182 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 93% YoY
Cash YoY
-93%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↓ 93% YoY
Net Worth
£2.3m
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↓ 1.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£467k£935k£1.4m£1.9m£2.3mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.15M£4.17M
Current assets£1.77M£1.79M
Cash£14.1k£205.6k
Debtors£1.75M£1.58M
Net assets£2.31M£2.34M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-04-11
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2023-09-27
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  8. 2023-08-30
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  9. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-10
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  11. 2021-08-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-08-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2021-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2017-08-17
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    Charge satisfied #9
  20. 2017-01-07
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    Charge satisfied #7
  21. 2017-01-07
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    Charge satisfied #6
  22. 2017-01-07
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    Charge satisfied #5
  23. 2016-12-14
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    WILSON, Mark Roderic Brunskill appointed
    director
  24. 2016-12-14
    ➖
    WAITT, Shaun Rigby resigned
    secretary
  25. 2016-12-14
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Paul resigned
    director
  26. 2016-12-14
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  27. 2016-12-14
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  28. 2016-12-14
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  29. 2016-12-14
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  30. 2016-12-14
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    Charge satisfied #4
  31. 2016-12-14
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    Charge satisfied #3
  32. 2016-12-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  33. 2016-12-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  34. 2007-01-12
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  35. 2007-01-12
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  36. 2007-01-12
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  37. 2006-12-22
    ➖
    DANIELS, Pearl Anita resigned
    secretary
  38. 2006-12-22
    ➕
    WAITT, Shaun Rigby appointed
    secretary
  39. 2006-12-22
    ➖
    ELDERFIELD, David George resigned
    director
  40. 2006-12-22
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Paul appointed
    director
  41. 1998-10-27
    ➕
    DANIELS, Pearl Anita appointed
    secretary
  42. 1998-10-27
    ➖
    DE KONING, Linda resigned
    secretary
  43. 1992-02-14
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  44. 1990-06-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  45. 1990-06-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  46. 1990-06-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  47. 1988-11-04
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 TPS LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

A1 Total Properties Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A1 Total Properties Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A1 TPS LIMITED
This company · 02313358

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A1 Total Properties Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

3rd Floor 86 - 90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

WILSON, Mark Roderic Brunskill→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DANIELS, Pearl Anita→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-27 · resigned 2006-12-22
Resigned
DE KONING, Linda→
secretary · resigned 1998-10-27
Resigned
WAITT, Shaun Rigby→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-22 · resigned 2016-12-14
Resigned
ELDERFIELD, David George→
director · ~74y · resigned 2006-12-22
Resigned
ROBERTS, Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-12-22 · resigned 2016-12-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

12
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:12 of 12 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/09/2023—
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property14/12/2016—
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge2 properties14/12/2016—
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property14/12/201617/08/2017
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property14/12/2016—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property12/01/200707/01/2017
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property12/01/200707/01/2017
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property12/01/200707/01/2017
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Charge1 property14/02/199214/12/2016
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property13/06/199014/12/2016
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property13/06/199014/12/2016
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property13/06/199014/12/2016
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Recent filings (152 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-09-29
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09