ACCESS-ABILITY (UK) LTD

🌳Matureactive
03746943 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-07
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 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
86 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees400400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2016-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-04-01
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    KIMBER, Barry Robert appointed
    director
  17. 2005-02-28
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    ALLAN, Patricia Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-02-28
    ➖
    ALLAN, Richard Charles resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-02-28
    ➖
    WALKER, Mark Gordon resigned
    director
  20. 2003-11-01
    ➕
    ALLAN, Richard Charles appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-11-01
    ➖
    STANDERLINE, Michael Geoffrey resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-01-01
    ➕
    WALKER, Mark Gordon appointed
    director
  23. 1999-04-09
    ➕
    ALLAN, Richard Charles appointed
    director
  24. 1999-04-09
    ➕
    STANDERLINE, Michael Geoffrey appointed
    secretary
  25. 1999-04-09
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-04-09
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1999-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS-ABILITY (UK) LTD
  28. 1999-04-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1999-04-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Charles Allan
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
75–100%
—75-100% shares07/04/2017

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
Incorporated1999-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

24-26 Jordangate
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 1EW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ALLAN, Patricia Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-28
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Active
ALLAN, Richard Charles→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-04-09
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Active
KIMBER, Barry Robert→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLAN, Richard Charles→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-01 · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned
STANDERLINE, Michael Geoffrey→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-09 · resigned 2003-11-01
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-07 · resigned 1999-04-09
Resigned
WALKER, Mark Gordon→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-01-01 · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-07 · resigned 1999-04-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-30