A1 SELF STORAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02472373 · ltd · incorporated 1990-02-21
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees5500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-07
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-20
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  5. 2023-10-20
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  6. 2023-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-24
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    CHEW, Chin Hooi appointed
    secretary
  13. 2017-02-24
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    officers · AP03
  14. 2017-02-24
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2014-10-24
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    ROLLS, Edmund James resigned
    secretary
  16. 2008-10-30
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    CHARLES, Brian Lloyd resigned
    director
  17. 2008-10-30
    ➖
    LEVINSON, Andrea Karen resigned
    director
  18. 2008-10-30
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    ROLLS, Edmund James resigned
    director
  19. 1997-04-27
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    TAYLOR, George John resigned
    director
  20. 1990-12-31
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    GERSON, Peter Daniel appointed
    director
  21. 1990-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 SELF STORAGE LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon John Gerson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/12/2016
Mr Peter Daniel Gerson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/12/2016
Mr Anthony Charles Raphael Gerson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/12/2016

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
Incorporated1990-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Downland Close
Whetstone
London
London
N20 9LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

CHEW, Chin Hooi→
secretary · appointed 2017-02-24
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Active
GERSON, Anthony Charles Raphael→
director · ~59y
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Active
GERSON, Peter Daniel→
director · ~57y · appointed 1990-12-31
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Active
GERSON, Simon John→
director · ~57y
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Active
ROLLS, Edmund James→
secretary · resigned 2014-10-24
Resigned
CHARLES, Brian Lloyd→
director · ~80y · resigned 2008-10-30
Resigned
LEVINSON, Andrea Karen→
director · ~76y · resigned 2008-10-30
Resigned
ROLLS, Edmund James→
director · ~81y · resigned 2008-10-30
Resigned
TAYLOR, George John→
director · ~98y · resigned 1997-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (118 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-10-20
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04