A1 BOOKKEEPING AND PAYROLL SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
03809442 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£74.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
77 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
75
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 £74,938
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,275 YoY
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£62k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£75k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£90k
↑ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£36k£54k£72k£90kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£74.9k£77.2k
Current assets£90.5k£84.3k
Cash£62.0k£62.2k
Debtors£27.5k£21.4k
Net assets£74.9k£77.2k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-31
    ➖
    SOWDEN, Alan Philip resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-10-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2018-10-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2017-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2016-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-04-01
    ➕
    HEAVEN, Noel appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    FOSTER, Michael Alan resigned
    secretary
  19. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    FOSTER, Michael Alan resigned
    director
  20. 2013-03-26
    ➕
    HOBBS, Tony Kevin appointed
    director
  21. 2013-03-26
    ➕
    SOWDEN, Alan Philip appointed
    director
  22. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    HEAVEN, Noel appointed
    director
  23. 2008-08-01
    ➖
    BUSHELL, Karl resigned
    director
  24. 2004-05-01
    ➖
    EMBLING, Sally Louise resigned
    secretary
  25. 2004-05-01
    ➕
    FOSTER, Michael Alan appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-05-01
    ➕
    BUSHELL, Karl appointed
    director
  27. 1999-07-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 BOOKKEEPING AND PAYROLL SERVICES LTD
  28. 1999-07-19
    ➕
    EMBLING, Sally Louise appointed
    secretary
  29. 1999-07-19
    ➕
    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1999-07-19
    ➖
    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 1999-07-19
    ➕
    FOSTER, Michael Alan appointed
    director
  32. 1999-07-19
    ➕
    OXFORD FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  33. 1999-07-19
    ➖
    OXFORD FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Chapman Robinson & Moore
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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Chapman Robinson &Amp; Moore
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A1 BOOKKEEPING AND PAYROLL SERVICES LTD
This company · 03809442

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Chapman Robinson & Moore
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Chapman Robinson &Amp; Moore
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-07-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

30 Bankside Court
Stationfields
Kidlington
Oxfordshire
OX5 1JE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

HEAVEN, Noel→
secretary · appointed 2013-04-01
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Active
HEAVEN, Noel→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-03-01
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Active
HOBBS, Tony Kevin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EMBLING, Sally Louise→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-19 · resigned 2004-05-01
Resigned
FOSTER, Michael Alan→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-01 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-07-19 · resigned 1999-07-19
Resigned
BUSHELL, Karl→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-05-01 · resigned 2008-08-01
Resigned
FOSTER, Michael Alan→
director · ~56y · appointed 1999-07-19 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
SOWDEN, Alan Philip→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-03-26 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned
OXFORD FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-07-19 · resigned 1999-07-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-22