ACCIDENTS FIRST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05000419 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-19

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
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accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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accounts · AA
2020-01-24
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accounts · AA
2019-01-18
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accounts · AA
2018-03-21
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address · AD01
2018-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-01-06
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-06
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officers · TM01
2015-06-30
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DALY, Mark resigned
director
2015-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2008-08-18
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DALY, Mark appointed
director
2008-08-18
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DAVIDSON, Gary resigned
director
2004-02-09
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ROBERTS, Paul Emrys appointed
secretary
2004-02-09
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MASON, Jonathan Michael appointed
director
2004-02-09
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ROBERTS, Paul Emrys appointed
director
2004-02-09
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-02-09
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DAVIDSON, Gary appointed
director
2004-02-09
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2003-12-19
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Company incorporated
As ACCIDENTS FIRST LIMITED
2003-12-19
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-12-19
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Emrys Roberts Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2003-12-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Hazledine House

Telford Centre

Telford

Shropshire

TF3 4JL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-02

Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ROBERTS, Paul Emrys→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-09

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Active

MASON, Jonathan Michael→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-02-09

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Active

ROBERTS, Paul Emrys→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-02-09

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Active

CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-12-19 · resigned 2004-02-09

Resigned

DALY, Mark→

director · ~56y · appointed 2008-08-18 · resigned 2015-06-30

Resigned

DAVIDSON, Gary→

director · ~61y · appointed 2004-02-09 · resigned 2008-08-18

Resigned

CREDITREFORM LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-12-19 · resigned 2004-02-09

Resigned

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