ACCESS FLOORING.COM LTD

💤Zombieactive
04861643 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
63 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
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-04-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-04-18
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  6. 2026-01-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-03-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-11-03
    ➖
    JORGENSEN, Marianne Nohr resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-04-01
    ➕
    JORGENSEN, Marianne Nohr appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-03-25
    ➖
    STOCKTON, Pauline Ann resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    THIRKELL, Andrew John appointed
    director
  21. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    STOCKTON, Pauline Ann appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-08-11
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-08-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-08-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS FLOORING.COM LTD
  25. 2003-08-08
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-08-08
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew John Thirkell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Thirkellceased 24/04/2026· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2003-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Victoria House Stanbridge Park
Staplefield Lane
Staplefield
West Sussex
RH17 6AS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

THIRKELL, Andrew John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JORGENSEN, Marianne Nohr→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2014-11-03
Resigned
STOCKTON, Pauline Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-12 · resigned 2004-03-25
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-08 · resigned 2003-08-11
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-08 · resigned 2003-08-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-24
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26