A1A LOCOMOTIVES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03101954 · ltd · incorporated 1995-09-14

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£332.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

13 officers (7 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

117 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 £332,107

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,076 YoY

Cash YoY

+1%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£52k

~ YoY

Net Worth

£332k

↓ 3.2% YoY

Current Assets

£72k

↓ 9.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£332.1k	£343.2k
Current assets	£72.2k	£79.6k
Cash	£51.6k	£51.3k
Debtors	£3.1k	£8.3k
Net assets	£332.1k	£343.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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 (38 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-26
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-22
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-23
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-21
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-12
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-02-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-02
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-01-06
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officers · TM01
2019-12-12
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CHAPLIN, Mark William resigned
director
2018-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-28
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2000-05-21
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CROSS, Daniel Lee Anthony appointed
director
2000-05-21
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CHAPLIN, Mark William appointed
director
2000-05-21
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CLARK, Alan James resigned
director
2000-05-21
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SKIDMORE, Mark resigned
director
1998-04-04
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SKIDMORE, Mark appointed
director
1998-04-04
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THOMAS, Paul Adrian resigned
director
1997-02-22
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MANDEVILLE, Julian James Fortescue appointed
director
1997-02-22
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ARNOLD, Paul resigned
director
1995-09-19
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HARDY, John appointed
secretary
1995-09-19
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HARDY, John appointed
director
1995-09-19
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HARVEY, Stephen Grant appointed
director
1995-09-19
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CLARK, Stephen John resigned
secretary
1995-09-19
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ARNOLD, Paul appointed
director
1995-09-19
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CLARK, Alan James appointed
director
1995-09-19
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THOMAS, Paul Adrian appointed
director
1995-09-14
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Company incorporated
As A1A LOCOMOTIVES LIMITED
1995-09-14
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CLARK, Stephen John appointed
director
1995-09-14
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GIBBONS, Jonathan appointed
director
1995-09-14
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CLARK, Stephen John appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-09-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91030 — Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Registered office

50 Thrunscoe Road

Cleethorpes

N.E Lincolnshire

DN35 8TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-28

Last: 2025-09-14