A2 POST LTD

🌳Matureactive
04922388 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-06
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£2.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £2,619

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£3k
↑ 568% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£16k£23k£31k£39kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£6.0k£54.5k
Current assets£14.8k£38.9k
Net assets£2.6k£392

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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  2. 2024-08-27
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-12-07
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  5. 2022-07-28
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  6. 2021-07-31
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  7. 2021-07-31
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  8. 2020-07-21
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  9. 2019-07-15
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  10. 2019-02-12
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  11. 2019-01-15
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  12. 2018-06-27
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  13. 2017-08-07
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  14. 2016-05-03
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  15. 2015-12-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-04-19
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    FITZPATRICK, David William appointed
    director
  17. 2005-04-18
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    BURGESS, Deon Andrew resigned
    director
  18. 2003-12-10
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    ADAIR, Alan Stanley appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-12-10
    ➕
    ADAIR, Alan Stanley appointed
    director
  20. 2003-12-10
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    BURGESS, Deon Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2003-12-05
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  22. 2003-12-05
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  23. 2003-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As A2 POST LTD
  24. 2003-10-06
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-10-06
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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 Alan Stanley Adair
Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59120 — Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities

Registered office

11 Playfield Crescent
East Dulwich
London
SE22 8QR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ADAIR, Alan Stanley→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-10
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Active
ADAIR, Alan Stanley→
director · ~50y · appointed 2003-12-10
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Active
FITZPATRICK, David William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-04-19
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Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-06 · resigned 2003-12-05
Resigned
BURGESS, Deon Andrew→
director · ~52y · appointed 2003-12-10 · resigned 2005-04-18
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-06 · resigned 2003-12-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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2025-07-30
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2024-12-02
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accounts · AA
2024-08-27
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2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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officers · CH01
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-10