ACCESS EQUITY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04077379 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
81 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-03-31
Average employees100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-03-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2010-02-28
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  15. 2006-02-13
    ➖
    RAYMOND, Tobias Joseph resigned
    secretary
  16. 2006-02-13
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2003-03-31
    ➖
    BROOK, Bradley E resigned
    director
  18. 2001-10-24
    ➖
    VIOLA, Vincent resigned
    director
  19. 2001-06-30
    ➕
    BROOK, Bradley E appointed
    director
  20. 2000-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS EQUITY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  21. 2000-09-25
    ➕
    RAYMOND, Tobias Joseph, Mr. appointed
    director
  22. 2000-09-25
    ➕
    RAYMOND, Tobias Joseph appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-09-25
    ➕
    VIOLA, Vincent appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Tobias Joseph Raymond
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

93 Gloucester Place
London
W1U 6JQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

RAYMOND, Tobias Joseph, Mr.→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAYMOND, Tobias Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2006-02-13
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-02-13 · resigned 2010-02-28
Resigned
BROOK, Bradley E→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-06-30 · resigned 2003-03-31
Resigned
VIOLA, Vincent→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2001-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23