ACCESS CONTROL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02793313 · ltd · incorporated 1993-02-24
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees20002000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2020-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2019-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-07-01
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    PHILLIPS, Adrian appointed
    director
  17. 2009-04-07
    ➖
    PHILLIPS, Brian George resigned
    director
  18. 2005-05-24
    ➖
    MARTIN, Russell Peter resigned
    director
  19. 2003-05-06
    ➕
    MARTIN, Russell Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2002-11-06
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Maureen appointed
    director
  21. 2002-02-01
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Brian George appointed
    director
  22. 1993-02-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS CONTROL SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 1993-02-24
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Maureen appointed
    secretary
  24. 1993-02-24
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Raymond Alan appointed
    director
  25. 1993-02-24
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-02-24
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1993-02-24
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1993-02-24
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)

Group structure

Plan Systems Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Plan Systems Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
ACCESS CONTROL SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 02793313

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Plan Systems Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares02/03/2020
Mrs Maureen Phillips
Individual · British · DOB 04/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/04/2016
Mr Raymond Alan Phillips
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/04/2016
Mr Adrian Phillips
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

20-26 High Street
Greenhithe
Kent
DA9 9NN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

PHILLIPS, Maureen→
secretary · appointed 1993-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Adrian→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Maureen→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-11-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Raymond Alan→
director · ~62y · appointed 1993-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-02-24 · resigned 1993-02-24
Resigned
MARTIN, Russell Peter→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-05-06 · resigned 2005-05-24
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Brian George→
director · ~86y · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2009-04-07
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-02-24 · resigned 1993-02-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-03-02