ACCESS TO GROWTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02954575 · ltd · incorporated 1994-08-01

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£99.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (4 active, 20 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

135 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £99,898

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100k

Current Assets

£102k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£100.9k	—
Current assets	£101.8k	—
Net assets	£99.9k	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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2024-08-14
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2024-05-09
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officers · AP01
2024-05-09
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officers · AP01
2024-05-01
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BELL, Holly Marie appointed
director
2024-05-01
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SHEA, Leanne Kelly appointed
director
2023-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-14
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-18
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officers · TM02
2020-01-18
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officers · AP03
2020-01-17
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BELL, Holly Marie appointed
secretary
2020-01-17
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NORTH, Shaleen resigned
secretary
2019-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-28
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CURTIS, Paul James resigned
director
2015-11-01
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CURTIS, Suzanne Helena resigned
secretary
2015-11-01
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NORTH, Shaleen appointed
secretary
2013-02-01
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CURTIS, Paul James resigned
secretary
2013-02-01
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CURTIS, Suzanne Helena appointed
secretary
2004-06-10
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BYRD, Janet resigned
secretary
2004-06-10
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CURTIS, Paul James appointed
secretary
1999-04-01
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CURTIS, Paul James appointed
director
1997-08-01
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BYRD, Janet appointed
secretary
1997-07-31
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SMITH, John Sinclair resigned
secretary
1997-07-31
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GRANT, Marjorie Olivia resigned
director
1997-07-31
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HOWELLS, Carole Anne resigned
director
1997-07-31
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SMITH, Kevyn resigned
director
1997-07-31
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THOMPSON, Christopher Scott resigned
director
1997-07-31
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WICKHAM, Keith resigned
director
1997-06-25
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MORRIS, Michael Stephen resigned
director
1996-06-11
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HARRIS, Ian Michael resigned
director
1996-04-29
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HOWELLS, Carole Anne appointed
director
1996-04-29
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SMITH, Kevyn appointed
director
1996-02-01
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WICKHAM, Keith appointed
director
1995-05-25
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ON, Nicholas Peter resigned
secretary
1995-05-25
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SMITH, John Sinclair appointed
secretary
1995-05-25
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HARRIS, Ian Michael appointed
director
1995-05-25
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MORRIS, Michael Stephen appointed
director
1995-01-16
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BOOTH, Joseph Cockburn appointed
director
1995-01-16
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GRANT, Marjorie Olivia appointed
director
1994-09-06
➕
ON, Nicholas Peter appointed
secretary
1994-09-06
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-09-06
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THOMPSON, Christopher Scott appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 54 events

Owner dependency

75/100

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Joseph Cockburn Booth Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Paul James Curtisceased 28/10/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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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🔒Advanced scoring suite

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

Incorporated1994-08-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Oak Lodge

Green Lane

Burnham-On-Crouch

Essex

CM0 8PU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (4 active · 16 resigned)

BELL, Holly Marie→

secretary · appointed 2020-01-17

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Active

BELL, Holly Marie→

director · ~40y · appointed 2024-05-01

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Active

BOOTH, Joseph Cockburn→

director · ~78y · appointed 1995-01-16

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Active

SHEA, Leanne Kelly→

director · ~42y · appointed 2024-05-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BYRD, Janet→

secretary · appointed 1997-08-01 · resigned 2004-06-10

Resigned

CURTIS, Paul James→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-10 · resigned 2013-02-01

Resigned

CURTIS, Suzanne Helena→

secretary · appointed 2013-02-01 · resigned 2015-11-01

Resigned

NORTH, Shaleen→

secretary · appointed 2015-11-01 · resigned 2020-01-17

Resigned

ON, Nicholas Peter→

secretary · appointed 1994-09-06 · resigned 1995-05-25

Resigned

SMITH, John Sinclair→

secretary · appointed 1995-05-25 · resigned 1997-07-31

Resigned

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-08-01 · resigned 1994-09-06

Resigned

CURTIS, Paul James→

director · ~67y · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 2016-10-28

Resigned

GRANT, Marjorie Olivia→

director · ~80y · appointed 1995-01-16 · resigned 1997-07-31

Resigned

HARRIS, Ian Michael→

director · ~83y · appointed 1995-05-25 · resigned 1996-06-11

Resigned

HOWELLS, Carole Anne→

director · ~84y · appointed 1996-04-29 · resigned 1997-07-31

Resigned

MORRIS, Michael Stephen→

director · ~87y · appointed 1995-05-25 · resigned 1997-06-25

Resigned

SMITH, Kevyn→

director · ~76y · appointed 1996-04-29 · resigned 1997-07-31

Resigned

THOMPSON, Christopher Scott→

director · ~70y · appointed 1994-09-06 · resigned 1997-07-31

Resigned

WICKHAM, Keith→

director · ~79y · appointed 1996-02-01 · resigned 1997-07-31

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-08-01 · resigned 1994-09-06

Resigned

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Recent filings (135 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-08-14

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-05-09

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-05-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-08-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-07-04

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-06-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-11-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-15