ACCESS CLEANING SPECIALISTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03743050 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-29
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£217.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £217,722
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£292k
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£218k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Assets
£408k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£82k£163k£245k£327k£408kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£324.7k£279.1k
Current assets£408.2k£339.8k
Cash£291.5k£230.8k
Debtors£115.9k£108.3k
Net assets£217.7k£199.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-03-16
    ➖
    CARR, Denise Claire resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-04-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-08-01
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2023-08-01
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2023-08-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2023-06-14
    ➖
    CARR, Michael resigned
    director
  13. 2023-03-29
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2023-03-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  15. 2022-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-08-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-07-26
    ➕
    CARR, Denise appointed
    director
  19. 2020-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-08-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2020-08-26
    ➕
    CARR, James appointed
    director
  22. 2020-06-02
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  23. 2020-06-02
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  24. 2004-06-02
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Factors Northwest Limited
  25. 2001-02-06
    ➖
    FORD, Gary resigned
    director
  26. 1999-03-30
    ➕
    CARR, Denise Claire appointed
    secretary
  27. 1999-03-30
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-03-30
    ➕
    CARR, Michael appointed
    director
  29. 1999-03-30
    ➕
    FORD, Gary appointed
    director
  30. 1999-03-30
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1999-03-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS CLEANING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
  32. 1999-03-29
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1999-03-29
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Denise Carr
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares14/06/2023
Mr James Carr
Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/06/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Michael Carrceased 06/04/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1999-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

Access House
Hanson Street
Middleton
Manchester
M24 2HW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CARR, Denise→
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARR, James→
director · ~42y · appointed 2020-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARR, Denise Claire→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-30 · resigned 2026-03-16
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-29 · resigned 1999-03-30
Resigned
CARR, Michael→
director · ~73y · appointed 1999-03-30 · resigned 2023-06-14
Resigned
FORD, Gary→
director · ~54y · appointed 1999-03-30 · resigned 2001-02-06
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-29 · resigned 1999-03-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Factors Northwest Limited
Fixed and floating charge1 property02/06/200429/03/2023

Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-03-29