ACCESS ARCHITECTURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03937535 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-01

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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accounts · AA
2025-04-22
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accounts · AA
2024-04-02
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accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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2024-02-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-19
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address · AD01
2023-03-15
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accounts · AA
2022-02-03
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accounts · AA
2021-02-11
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officers · CH01
2021-02-11
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officers · CH01
2021-02-11
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officers · CH01
2021-02-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-14
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accounts · AA
2020-04-30
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accounts · AA
2020-04-16
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officers · AP01
2020-04-06
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MURRAY, Rachel appointed
director
2019-07-30
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officers · TM01
2019-07-30
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officers · TM02
2019-07-19
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MURRAY, Rachel resigned
secretary
2019-07-19
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MURRAY, Rachel resigned
director
2019-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2000-03-01
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Company incorporated
As ACCESS ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
2000-03-01
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MURRAY, James Martin appointed
director
2000-03-01
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MURRAY, Rachel appointed
secretary
2000-03-01
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-03-01
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-03-01
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MURRAY, Rachel appointed
director
2000-03-01
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-03-01
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+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

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Martin Murray Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	01/07/2016
Mrs Rachel Murray Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-03-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Unit 3, Gf The Boathouse

Commercial Road

Hull

East Riding Of Yorkshire

HU1 2SG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-15

Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MURRAY, James Martin→

director · ~57y · appointed 2000-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MURRAY, Rachel→

director · ~58y · appointed 2020-04-06

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MURRAY, Rachel→

secretary · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2019-07-19

Resigned

SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2000-03-01

Resigned

MURRAY, Rachel→

director · ~58y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2019-07-19

Resigned

WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2000-03-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-03-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-02

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-15

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-02-27

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-02-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-02-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-14

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-03

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-25

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-02-11