ACCESS LOGISTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03856096 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-08
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52243
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
75 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.

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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees500500

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2017-12-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-12-19
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-12-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-09-11
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, David John appointed
    director
  18. 2012-06-29
    ➕
    MOSS, Kenneth appointed
    director
  19. 2012-06-29
    ➖
    PASSFIELD, Maxine Julia resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-06-29
    ➖
    MOSS, Susan Paula resigned
    director
  21. 1999-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS LOGISTICS LIMITED
  22. 1999-10-08
    ➕
    PASSFIELD, Maxine Julia appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-10-08
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-10-08
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-10-08
    ➕
    MOSS, Susan Paula appointed
    director
  26. 1999-10-08
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1999-10-08
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 67 — 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 67. 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 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth Moss
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David John Campbellceased 02/07/2020· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52243 — SIC 52243

Registered office

2 Lords Court
Cricketers Way
Basildon
Essex
SS13 1SS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CAMPBELL, David John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOSS, Kenneth→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PASSFIELD, Maxine Julia→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-08 · resigned 2012-06-29
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-08 · resigned 1999-10-08
Resigned
MOSS, Susan Paula→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-10-08 · resigned 2012-06-29
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-08 · resigned 1999-10-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-15