AA ACCESS CONSULT LTD
🌳Matureactive
04764644 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-14
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
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,542
Cash YoY
+2075%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£522
↑ 2075% YoY
Net Worth
-£3k
↑ 80% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-2.5k | £-12.5k |
| Cash | £522 | £24 |
| Net assets | £-2.5k | £-12.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-12➕EGGLETON, Stephen Iain appointeddirector
- 2024-02-12➖EGGLETON, Peter Robin resigneddirector
- 2024-02-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-02-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2003-05-14🏢Company incorporatedAs AA ACCESS CONSULT LTD
- 2003-05-14➕EGGLETON, Stephen Iain appointedsecretary
- 2003-05-14➕GRANT, Elspeth appointeddirector
- 2003-05-14➕FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-05-14➖FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-05-14➕EGGLETON, Peter Robin appointeddirector
- 2003-05-14➕FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-05-14➖FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Elspeth Grant Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Peter Robin Eggleton Individual · British · DOB 04/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
Suite 6 Beaufort Court Admirals Way
Canary Wharf
London
E14 9XL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
EGGLETON, Stephen Iain→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-05-14
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EGGLETON, Stephen Iain→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2024-02-12
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GRANT, Elspeth→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2003-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2003-05-14
EGGLETON, Peter Robin→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2024-02-12
FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2003-05-14
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Recent filings (71 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19