A1 LOCKSMITHS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04462078 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-14
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of household appliances and home and garden equipment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees100100

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-08-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-08-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-11-02
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2021-10-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-10-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-06-14
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 LOCKSMITHS LIMITED
  18. 2002-06-14
    ➕
    BEXTON, Kathleen Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-06-14
    ➕
    BEXTON, Kenneth Gordon appointed
    director
  20. 2002-06-14
    ➕
    BEXTON, Kenneth Mark appointed
    director
  21. 2002-06-14
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-06-14
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-06-14
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-06-14
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Kenneth Gordon Bexton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Kenneth Mark Bexton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Kathleen Anne Bextonceased 08/08/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Candice Bextonceased 08/08/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2002-06-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC95220 — Repair of household appliances and home and garden equipment

Registered office

Staffordshire House
Beechdale Road
Nottingham
NG8 3FH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BEXTON, Kathleen Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEXTON, Kenneth Gordon→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-06-14
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Active
BEXTON, Kenneth Mark→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-14 · resigned 2002-06-14
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-14 · resigned 2002-06-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-11-02