AXHOLME CABLE INSTALLATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04351940 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-11
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£109.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £109,167
Net assets shrinking
Down £363 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£109k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£127k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£29k£58k£86k£115k£144kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£109.2k£109.5k
Current assets£126.6k£144.0k
Net assets£109.2k£109.5k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-04
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  3. 2024-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-08-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2022-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-08-28
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    BARRATT, Phillip Andrew appointed
    director
  17. 2002-08-28
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    KUCHNIR, Peter appointed
    director
  18. 2002-08-28
    ➖
    JACKSON, Anne resigned
    director
  19. 2002-08-28
    ➖
    KUCHNIR, Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2002-01-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AXHOLME CABLE INSTALLATIONS LIMITED
  21. 2002-01-11
    ➕
    KUCHNIR, Ann appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-01-11
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-01-11
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-01-11
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    JACKSON, Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2002-01-11
    ➕
    KUCHNIR, Ann appointed
    director
  26. 2002-01-11
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-01-11
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Thorneloe House
25 Barbourne Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 1RU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

KUCHNIR, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRATT, Phillip Andrew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KUCHNIR, Peter→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-11 · resigned 2002-01-11
Resigned
JACKSON, Anne→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-01-11 · resigned 2002-08-28
Resigned
KUCHNIR, Ann→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-01-11 · resigned 2002-08-28
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-11 · resigned 2002-01-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31