1ST ACCESS SELF STORAGE PETERBOROUGH LTD
💤Zombieactive
02327701 · ltd · incorporated 1988-12-12
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Removal services
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
1 live charge · oldest 24.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
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 | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-26📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-09-24📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-09-24📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-09-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-09-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-08✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-26➖LILLEY, Andrew John resignedsecretary
- 2013-08-15➖FLETCHER, Susanne resignedsecretary
- 2013-08-15➕LILLEY, Andrew John appointedsecretary
- 2002-05-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1995-05-09➖FLETCHER, Paul Carl resigneddirector
- 1995-05-09➖FLETCHER, Susanne resigneddirector
- 1995-02-01➕FLETCHER, Paul Carl appointeddirector
- 1995-02-01➖FLETCHER, Walter Frederick resigneddirector
- 1995-02-01➖FLETCHER, Walter Frederick resigneddirector
- 1993-12-09➖FLETCHER, Susanne resignedsecretary
- 1993-12-09➕FLETCHER, Walter Frederick appointeddirector
- 1988-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs 1ST ACCESS SELF STORAGE PETERBOROUGH LTD
Owner dependency
90/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 Paul Carl Fletcher Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 10007839 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| 1ST CHOICE TRAVEL AGENTS LTD→ 15950703 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 1ST TAXIS GRANTHAM LTD→ 11097972 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| 365 FREIGHT EXPRESS LTD→ 14879593 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 365 LOGISTICS LIMITED→ 05379988 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| 365 PLANT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD→ 15756315 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 365-247 COURIERS LIMITED→ 16722881 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 381 TRAVEL NOTTS LTD→ 15083404 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 3A COURIER LTD→ 16919278 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3D CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED→ 15724742 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 3K TRANSPORT LIMITED→ 12692929 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| 4 GARDEN LTD→ 10609989 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services
Registered office
Unit 14 Autumn Park
Dysart Road
Grantham
NG31 7DD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30
Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)
Active
FLETCHER, Susanne→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2013-08-15
FLETCHER, Susanne→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1993-12-09
LILLEY, Andrew John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-08-15 · resigned 2015-10-26
FLETCHER, Paul Carl→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 1995-02-01 · resigned 1995-05-09
FLETCHER, Susanne→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · resigned 1995-05-09
FLETCHER, Walter Frederick→
Resigneddirector · ~96y · appointed 1993-12-09 · resigned 1995-02-01
FLETCHER, Walter Frederick→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 1995-02-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/05/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (112 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-26
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-09-24
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-09-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19