A K BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04931678 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-14
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
76 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-23📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-03-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-24➕GOODARE, Mark David appointeddirector
- 2003-10-16➕GOODARE, Keith Ronald appointedsecretary
- 2003-10-16➕DODSON, Allan appointeddirector
- 2003-10-16➕DODSON, Andrew Robin appointeddirector
- 2003-10-16➕GOODARE, Keith Ronald appointeddirector
- 2003-10-16➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 2003-10-16➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
- 2003-10-14🏢Company incorporatedAs A K BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
- 2003-10-14➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 2003-10-14➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew Robin Dodson Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Keith Ronald Goodare Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Mark David Goodare Individual · British · DOB 04/1985 · age 41 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Allan Dodsonceased 22/02/2021· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.L.L GLOBAL WIND SERVICES LTD→ 13211558 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ADA RENDERING LTD→ 11687805 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AJR PREMIER JOINERY LTD→ 12151936 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| ALK MECHANICAL LTD→ 16179268 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALPHA ROOFING LIMITED→ 05392301 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
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| ALYN CONSTRUCT LTD→ 14851647 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AMH GROUP LTD→ 16496102 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AMJ MAINTENANCE LTD→ 08386540 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| AMJ MODULAR LTD→ 10032605 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing
Registered office
Unit A Saxon Way
Priory Park West
Hessle
East Yorkshire
HU13 9PB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14
Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)
GOODARE, Keith Ronald→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DODSON, Allan→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2003-10-16
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DODSON, Andrew Robin→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2003-10-16
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GOODARE, Keith Ronald→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2003-10-16
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GOODARE, Mark David→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2016-03-24
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GRAEME, Dorothy May→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-14 · resigned 2003-10-16
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resignednominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-10-14 · resigned 2003-10-16
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Recent filings (76 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-02
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-08