A4 ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
04851930 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-31
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees-200-200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-10
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    address · AD01
  5. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-19
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-27
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-02-01
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    BRADLEY, Noelene appointed
    director
  14. 2016-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-05-27
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-08-08
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    BRADLEY, Noelene appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-08-08
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    BRADLEY, Wayne appointed
    director
  19. 2003-08-04
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  20. 2003-08-04
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2003-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As A4 ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD
  22. 2003-07-31
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-07-31
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD 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 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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 Wayne Bradley
Individual · South African · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Noelene Bradley
Individual · South African · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
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
Incorporated2003-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

One
St. Peters Road
Maidenhead
SL6 7QU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRADLEY, Noelene→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-08
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Active
BRADLEY, Noelene→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-02-01
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Active
BRADLEY, Wayne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-31 · resigned 2003-08-04
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-31 · resigned 2003-08-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2025-08-11
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accounts · AA
2025-05-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-07-10