A1 COMMERCIAL VALETING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04153726 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-05

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£44.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.9 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 (77/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £44,405

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£47k

Net Worth

£44k

Current Assets

£58k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-30	2024-01-30
Total assets	£62.8k	—
Current assets	£57.8k	—
Cash	£46.8k	—
Debtors	£9.2k	—
Net assets	£44.4k	—
Average employees	—	200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

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

Last 180 days

filings

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-02-06
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officers · CH01
2026-02-06
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officers · CH01
2026-02-05
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2026-02-05
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2025-05-28
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accounts · AA
2024-10-28
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accounts · AA
2023-10-27
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accounts · AA
2022-10-28
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accounts · AA
2021-10-29
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accounts · AA
2020-06-25
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accounts · AA
2019-10-30
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accounts · AA
2019-01-29
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officers · CH01
2019-01-29
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officers · CH01
2019-01-29
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2019-01-29
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2018-08-31
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accounts · AA
2018-05-04
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address · AD01
2008-04-19
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WILMOTT, Sylvia Anne resigned
secretary
2008-04-19
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WILMOTT, John George resigned
director
2008-04-19
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WILMOTT, Sylvia Anne resigned
director
2002-05-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2001-02-05
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Company incorporated
As A1 COMMERCIAL VALETING LIMITED
2001-02-05
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WINSTONE, Samantha appointed
director
2001-02-05
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WINSTONE, Simon appointed
director
2001-02-05
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WILMOTT, Sylvia Anne appointed
secretary
2001-02-05
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-02-05
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-02-05
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WILMOTT, John George appointed
director
2001-02-05
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WILMOTT, Sylvia Anne appointed
director
2001-02-05
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-02-05
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
Mrs Samantha Winstone Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Simon Winstone Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-02-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Freshford House

Redcliffe Way

Bristol

BS1 6NL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-30

Last made up to: 2025-01-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-19

Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

WINSTONE, Samantha→

director · ~50y · appointed 2001-02-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WINSTONE, Simon→

director · ~52y · appointed 2001-02-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WILMOTT, Sylvia Anne→

secretary · appointed 2001-02-05 · resigned 2008-04-19

Resigned

SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-05 · resigned 2001-02-05

Resigned

WILMOTT, John George→

director · ~70y · appointed 2001-02-05 · resigned 2008-04-19

Resigned

WILMOTT, Sylvia Anne→

director · ~70y · appointed 2001-02-05 · resigned 2008-04-19

Resigned

CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-05 · resigned 2001-02-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	16/05/2002	—

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Recent filings (79 total)

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officers · CH01

2026-02-06

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officers · CH01

2026-02-06

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-05

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-05