A1 LABORATORY SUPPLIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04947423 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-29
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £36.7k |
| Current assets | — | £40.5k |
| Cash | — | £1.0k |
| Debtors | — | £39.5k |
| Net assets | — | £36.7k |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-18📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-01-14📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2003-11-03➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-11-03➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-10-29🏢Company incorporatedAs A1 LABORATORY SUPPLIES LIMITED
- 2003-10-29➕ROWLAND, Lee June appointedsecretary
- 2003-10-29➕LEVERIDGE, John William appointeddirector
- 2003-10-29➕ROWLAND, Lee June appointeddirector
- 2003-10-29➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-10-29➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John William Leveridge Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 30/06/2016 |
Mrs Lee June Rowland Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 1 STOP 4 TYRES LIMITED→ 10260970 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| 3 MMS LIMITED→ 06936208 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| 3D FAN LIGHTS LIMITED→ 16309884 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 3D GIFTS AND TOYS LTD→ 16879952 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3JT LTD→ 12099973 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 590 FORGE LIMITED→ 16867514 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7SKIES LOCKSMITHS LTD→ 15660847 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 9 JEWELS LTD→ 16919167 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 900 STUDIOS LIMITED→ 10850622 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC23190 — SIC 23190
Registered office
190 Billet Road
London
E17 5DX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
LEVERIDGE, John William→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2003-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROWLAND, Lee June→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2003-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-29 · resigned 2003-11-03
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-29 · resigned 2003-11-03
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Recent filings (67 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-12