ACCESS & SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04514714 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-20
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£422.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £422,474
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,851 YoY
Cash YoY
-17%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£479k
↓ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£422k
↓ 6.6% YoY
Current Assets
£726k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£169k£338k£507k£676k£845kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£538.6k£536.6k
Current assets£725.9k£844.8k
Cash£478.9k£573.9k
Debtors£188.1k£177.5k
Net assets£422.5k£452.3k

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

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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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-11-27
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-27
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-11-27
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    address · AD01
  5. 2025-10-02
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  6. 2024-10-23
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  7. 2024-08-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2022-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-24
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  12. 2019-08-21
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-08-19
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    SIMMS, Stephen resigned
    director
  14. 2019-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-30
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    LONG, David appointed
    director
  16. 2018-11-30
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    SIMMS, Stephen appointed
    director
  17. 2018-11-30
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  18. 2018-11-30
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  19. 2018-10-30
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  20. 2002-09-12
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    BLUNDELL, Rebecca Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-09-12
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    BLUNDELL, Christopher Keith appointed
    director
  22. 2002-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS & SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  23. 2002-08-20
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-08-20
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-08-20
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-08-20
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Keith Blundell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/08/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

Unit F Agden Wharf
Warrington Lane
Lymm
WA13 0SW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BLUNDELL, Rebecca Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLUNDELL, Christopher Keith→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-09-12
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Active
LONG, David→
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-11-30
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-20 · resigned 2002-08-20
Resigned
SIMMS, Stephen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2018-11-30 · resigned 2019-08-19
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-20 · resigned 2002-08-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27