AH GROUNDWORK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04934378 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-16
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£20.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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. 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,193

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£20k
↑ 146% YoY
Current Assets
£42k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£17k£25k£34k£42kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£21.1k£9.1k
Current assets£42.3k£41.3k
Net assets£20.2k£8.2k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-05
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  3. 2025-08-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2023-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-05-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-05-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-08-05
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  16. 2019-08-02
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2019-04-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2003-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As AH GROUNDWORK LIMITED
  19. 2003-10-16
    ➕
    HAYES, Susan appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-16
    ➕
    HAYES, Alan appointed
    director
  21. 2003-10-16
    ➕
    HAYES, Susan appointed
    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 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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.
  • 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
Alan Hayes
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/06/2016
Mrs Susan Hayes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

12 The Crescent
Freckleton
Preston
PR4 1UL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HAYES, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-16
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Active
HAYES, Alan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-10-16
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Active
HAYES, Susan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-10-16
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Active

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-14