EXPRESS P. S. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04746374 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-28
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£265.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81229Other building and industrial cleaning activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £265,679
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£281k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£266k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£303k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£61k£121k£182k£243k£303kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£276.1k£221.3k
Current assets£303.3k£247.1k
Cash£280.9k£228.5k
Debtors£22.4k£18.6k
Net assets£265.7k£218.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-14
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2022-11-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2022-11-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2022-11-08
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2022-11-08
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2022-11-07
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  10. 2022-11-07
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  11. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-11
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-04-30
    ➕
    LAMB, Robert Stephen appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-04-30
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    LAMB, Joanne appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-30
    ➕
    LAMB, Robert Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-30
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-04-30
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As EXPRESS P. S. LIMITED
  23. 2003-04-28
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-04-28
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Robert Stephen Lamb
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Joanne Lamb
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Mill Cottage
Locks Lane, Sparsholt
Winchester
Hampshire
SO21 2LU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LAMB, Robert Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMB, Joanne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMB, Robert Stephen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-28 · resigned 2003-04-30
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-28 · resigned 2003-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-11-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-11-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-11-08
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2022-11-07
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-26