ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03987067 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-05-08

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

£2.09M

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

100 officers (20 active, 100 linked, 95 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

285 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,085

Turned profitable

Returned to profit this year

Turnover YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	£2.09M	£1.84M
Gross profit	£1.81M	£1.57M
Profit before tax	£1.1k	£-149.1k
Average employees	1700	1500

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (203 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-03
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officers · AP03
2026-03-03
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officers · AP01
2026-03-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-01
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WOODALL, Edward James appointed
secretary
2026-03-01
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WOODALL, Edward James appointed
director
2026-02-28
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LOWMAN, James Michael resigned
secretary
2026-02-28
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LOWMAN, James Michael resigned
director
2026-01-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-01
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HOOD, Matthew James appointed
director
2025-11-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-01
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HENDLE, Lorraine Denise appointed
director
2025-11-01
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ROCKINGHAM, Emily resigned
director
2025-10-29
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-20
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BALMFORTH, Adele resigned
director
2025-10-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-26
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accounts · AA
2025-05-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-01
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REED, Andrew Laurence resigned
director
2025-04-03
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officers · AP01
2025-04-02
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officers · AP01
2025-03-25
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ALLEN, Andrew Edward appointed
director
2025-03-25
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GARCHA, Ravinda Singh appointed
director
2025-02-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-05
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SECRETAN, Katie appointed
director
2025-02-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-01
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BASSETT, Stephen Eric resigned
director
2025-02-01
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BATT, Peter John resigned
director
2025-01-17
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FLETCHER, Michael Thomas Neil appointed
director
2024-12-10
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TAYLOR, Ian David resigned
director
2024-11-01
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LINDLEY, Teresa Denise resigned
director
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
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DOBSON, Paul Anthony appointed
director
2023-12-07
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TAYLOR, Ian David appointed
director
2023-11-23
➖
HOSTE, Claire Olwen Louise resigned
director
2023-05-24
➖
ADAMS, Sonya Leigh resigned
director
2023-05-24
➕
LINDLEY, Teresa Denise appointed
director
2022-12-08
➖
GEORGE, Robert David Richard resigned
director
2022-12-07
➕
BALMFORTH, Adele appointed
director
2022-11-21
➕
EATON, Maria Janina appointed
director
2022-11-01
➖
FLETCHER, Michael Thomas Neil resigned
director
2022-11-01
➖
MITCHENER, Christopher John resigned
director
2022-10-26
➕
BATT, Peter John appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 203 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-19 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: LOWMAN, James Michael resigned 2026-02-28; BALMFORTH, Adele resigned 2025-10-20; LOWMAN, James Michael resigned 2026-02-28

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Edward James Woodall Individual · British · DOB 06/1986 · age 40	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	01/03/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr James Michael Lowmanceased 28/02/2026· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2000-05-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

Federation House

17 Farnborough Street

Farnborough

Hampshire

GU14 8AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-29

Last: 2026-06-15