ACCSTOR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04537023 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-17
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 21.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
84 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-05-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2018-05-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2018-05-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  15. 2018-05-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2018-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-12
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    BONSER, Richard David resigned
    director
  18. 2017-10-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2017-09-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2017-01-11
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    WOODS, Samuel David appointed
    director
  21. 2016-11-28
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    WOODS, David Michael resigned
    director
  22. 2016-11-07
    ➕
    SWIFT, Carmel Frances appointed
    director
  23. 2009-02-28
    ➖
    TREANOR, Gerard resigned
    director
  24. 2007-05-01
    ➖
    WOOD, Jeffrey Phillip resigned
    secretary
  25. 2007-05-01
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    TREANOR, Gerard appointed
    director
  26. 2005-05-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  27. 2005-05-01
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    FOXALL, Ian Raymond appointed
    secretary
  28. 2005-04-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  29. 2004-11-30
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    SHAKESPEARE, Steven John resigned
    director
  30. 2004-08-01
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    WOODS, David Michael appointed
    director
  31. 2004-04-30
    ➖
    BUCK, William resigned
    director
  32. 2002-09-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCSTOR LIMITED
  33. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    WOOD, Jeffrey Phillip appointed
    secretary
  34. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2002-09-17
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    BONSER, Richard David appointed
    director
  37. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    BUCK, William appointed
    director
  38. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    SHAKESPEARE, Steven John appointed
    director
  39. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 2002-09-17
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Samuel David Woods
Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/11/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Michael Woodsceased 28/11/2016· 75-100% shares

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

Ellisam House
Purfleet Industrial Park A13
Purfleet
Essex
RM15 4YD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

FOXALL, Ian Raymond→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT, Carmel Frances→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODS, Samuel David→
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Jeffrey Phillip→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2007-05-01
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2002-09-17
Resigned
BONSER, Richard David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2017-10-12
Resigned
BUCK, William→
director · ~88y · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2004-04-30
Resigned
SHAKESPEARE, Steven John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned
TREANOR, Gerard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-05-01 · resigned 2009-02-28
Resigned
WOODS, David Michael→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2016-11-28
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2002-09-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge5 properties11/05/200514/05/2018
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property18/04/200514/05/2018

Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14