ACCESS TO RETAIL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04089600 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-13
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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  4. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-12
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    capital · SH01
  8. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-10
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2015-11-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-10-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  17. 2000-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS TO RETAIL LIMITED
  18. 2000-10-13
    ➕
    RAKUSEN, Philip Daniel appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-10-13
    ➕
    RAKUSEN, Hyman Samuel David appointed
    director
  20. 2000-10-13
    ➕
    RAKUSEN, Philip Daniel appointed
    director
  21. 2000-10-13
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-10-13
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-10-13
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2000-10-13
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hyman Samuel David Rakusen
Individual · British · DOB 02/1945 · age 81
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016
Mr Philip Daniel Rakusen
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2000-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

1386 London Road
Leigh On Sea
Essex
SS9 2UJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

RAKUSEN, Philip Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-13
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Active
RAKUSEN, Hyman Samuel David→
director · ~81y · appointed 2000-10-13
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Active
RAKUSEN, Philip Daniel→
director · ~50y · appointed 2000-10-13
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-13 · resigned 2000-10-13
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-13 · resigned 2000-10-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/10/2003—
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Recent filings (71 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-17