ACCESS COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03493915 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-16
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£56.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £56,565
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,274 YoY
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£47k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£57k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£34k£51k£68k£84kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£56.6k£73.8k
Current assets£60.7k£84.4k
Cash£47.1k£65.0k
Debtors£10.6k£18.9k
Net assets£56.6k£73.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-24
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  2. 2025-07-21
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  3. 2024-07-09
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  4. 2023-10-16
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  5. 2022-10-11
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  6. 2021-09-23
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  7. 2020-09-08
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  8. 2019-04-02
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  9. 2018-10-04
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  10. 2017-10-13
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  11. 2016-09-27
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  12. 2016-01-17
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  13. 2015-04-15
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  14. 2015-01-16
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  15. 2014-10-07
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  16. 1998-01-28
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    ASHFORD, Richard James appointed
    secretary
  17. 1998-01-28
    ➕
    ASHFORD, Kathryn appointed
    director
  18. 1998-01-28
    ➕
    ASHFORD, Richard James appointed
    director
  19. 1998-01-28
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1998-01-28
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1998-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE LIMITED
  22. 1998-01-16
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-01-16
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +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
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard James Ashford
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
75–100%
—75-100% shares16/01/2017

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
Incorporated1998-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Suffolk House
44 Burntwood Road
Hammerwich
Burntwood
WS7 0JG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ASHFORD, Richard James→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHFORD, Kathryn→
director · ~52y · appointed 1998-01-28
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Active
ASHFORD, Richard James→
director · ~57y · appointed 1998-01-28
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Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-16 · resigned 1998-01-28
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-01-16 · resigned 1998-01-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
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accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-02