ACCREDITED LOCKSMITH SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03404349 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-17
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£61.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £61,071

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£61k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£46k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£24k£37k£49k£61kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£62.2k£42.7k
Current assets£45.5k£49.7k
Net assets£61.1k£41.5k

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

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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-04-01
    ➕
    MARKOVITCH, Stella Halina appointed
    director
  8. 2023-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    MARKOVITCH, Stella Halina appointed
    secretary
  17. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    MARKOVITCH, David Simon appointed
    director
  18. 1997-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCREDITED LOCKSMITH SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 1997-07-17
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1997-07-17
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-07-17
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1997-07-17
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Simon Markovitch
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1997-07-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

416 Green Lane
Ilford
Essex
IG3 9JX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-05
Last: 2026-06-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MARKOVITCH, Stella Halina→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-31
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Active
MARKOVITCH, David Simon→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-07-31
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Active
MARKOVITCH, Stella Halina→
director · ~61y · appointed 2024-04-01
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-17 · resigned 1997-07-17
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-07-17 · resigned 1997-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-24