ACCESS FOR BUSINESS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04176342 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-09
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 6 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
80 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

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 employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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  2. 2025-12-09
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  3. 2025-12-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-04-03
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    SCOTT, Kenneth resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-04-03
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    SCOTT, Kenneth resigned
    director
  6. 2025-04-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-04-03
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    officers · TM02
  8. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2023-12-28
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  10. 2022-12-31
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  11. 2022-03-31
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  12. 2021-03-31
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  13. 2020-03-24
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    officers · CH03
  14. 2020-03-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-22
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  17. 2017-12-19
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  18. 2017-12-12
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    capital · SH01
  19. 2010-04-15
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    SCOTT, Carole resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-04-15
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    SCOTT, Kenneth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-11-06
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    OWEN, Sonja Maxine resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-11-06
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    SCOTT, Carole appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-03-01
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    JACKSON, Nigel resigned
    director
  24. 2006-03-03
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    OWEN, Sonja Maxine appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-03-02
    ➖
    CARLING, Janette Scott resigned
    secretary
  26. 2006-03-02
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    GOODFELLOW, Valda resigned
    director
  27. 2006-03-02
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    SCOTT, Kenneth appointed
    director
  28. 2002-04-04
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    LUND, Wendy Jane appointed
    director
  29. 2002-04-04
    ➕
    CARLING, Janette Scott appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-04-04
    ➖
    GOODFELLOW, Valda resigned
    secretary
  31. 2002-04-04
    ➕
    JACKSON, Nigel appointed
    director
  32. 2002-04-04
    ➖
    MADDISON, Michael resigned
    director
  33. 2002-04-04
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    SCHOFIELD, Peter William resigned
    director
  34. 2001-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS FOR BUSINESS LIMITED
  35. 2001-03-09
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    GOODFELLOW, Valda appointed
    secretary
  36. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2001-03-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    GOODFELLOW, Valda appointed
    director
  39. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    MADDISON, Michael appointed
    director
  40. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    SCHOFIELD, Peter William appointed
    director
  41. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  42. 2001-03-09
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 24 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Wendy Jane Lund
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Kenneth Scottceased 03/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

5 Abbeywood
Fir Tree
Crook
County Durham
DL15 8JQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

LUND, Wendy Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARLING, Janette Scott→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2006-03-02
Resigned
GOODFELLOW, Valda→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2002-04-04
Resigned
OWEN, Sonja Maxine→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-03 · resigned 2007-11-06
Resigned
SCOTT, Carole→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-06 · resigned 2010-04-15
Resigned
SCOTT, Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-15 · resigned 2025-04-03
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2001-03-09
Resigned
GOODFELLOW, Valda→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2006-03-02
Resigned
JACKSON, Nigel→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2007-03-01
Resigned
MADDISON, Michael→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2002-04-04
Resigned
SCHOFIELD, Peter William→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2002-04-04
Resigned
SCOTT, Kenneth→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-03-02 · resigned 2025-04-03
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2001-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31